Women and the labour market: Recent trends and policy issues

Canadian Public Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Chaykowski, Richard P ^a   Powell, Lisa M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033510091     PISSN: 03170861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3552314     Document Type: Review

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