Harnessing women's work: restructuring agricultural and industrial labor forces in the Dominican Republic

Economic Geography

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-169

  Raynolds, Laura T ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOUR; ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING; FREE TRADE ZONE; GENDER ROLE; INDUSTRIAL LABOUR; LABOUR FORCE; WOMEN'S WORK;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

EID: 0031658085     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.1998.tb00110.x     Document Type: Article

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