Gender, the welfare state, and public employment: a comparative study of seven industrialized countries

American Sociological Review

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 688-710

  Gornick, Janet C ^b   Jacobs, Jerry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER DISPARITY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 0031743044     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657334     Document Type: Article

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