Parasitic-industries analysis and arguments for a living wage for women in the early twentieth-century United States

Feminist Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-78

  Power, Marilyn ^a  

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Author keywords

Feminist economics; History of economic thought; Living wage; Minimum wage; Parasitic industries; Wage determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033448007     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135457099338157     Document Type: Article

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