Self-employment as a response to the double day for women and men in Canada

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Arai, A Bruce ^a  

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618x.2000.tb01261.x     Document Type: Review

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