Women and labor market changes in the global economy: Growth helps, inequalities hurt and public policy matters

World Development

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 551-569

  Tzannatos, Zafiris ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; WAGE GAP; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0033018915     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00156-9     Document Type: Article

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