Employment equity programs and the job search outcomes of unemployed men and women: Actual and perceived effects

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Antecol, Heather ^c   Kuhn, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; JOB SEARCH; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0033504054     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3552315     Document Type: Article

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