Type of work matters: Women's labor force participation and the child sex ratio in Turkey

World Development

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 861-878

  Berik, Günseli ^a   Bilginsoy, Cihan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Middle East; Sex ratio; Spatial econometrics; Turkey; Unpaid family labor; Women's labor force participation

Indexed keywords

LABOR PARTICIPATION; SEX RATIO; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

TURKEY;

EID: 0034008919     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00164-3     Document Type: Article

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