Some reflections on the spatial dimensions of occupational segregation

Feminist Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 69-86

  Burnell, Barbara S ^a  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

Feminism; Location theory; Neoclassical models; Occupational segregation; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031502902     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135457097338663     Document Type: Article

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