Approaches to understanding the position of women workers in the informal sector

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 105-119

  Wilson, Tamar Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUES; INFORMAL SECTOR; MICROENTERPRISE; WOMEN'S STATUS;

EID: 0031815445     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X9802500206     Document Type: Article

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