Gender and social security policy: Pitfalls and possibilities

Feminist Economics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-25

  MacDonald, Martha ^a  

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Author keywords

Caregiving; Intra household inequality; Pensions; Social security policy; Unemployment insurance; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032338270     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135457098338536     Document Type: Article

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