Market success or female autonomy? Income, ideology, and empowerment among microentrepreneurs in the Dominican Republic

Gender and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 231-255

  Grasmuck, S ^a   Espinal, R ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034340820     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124300014002002     Document Type: Article

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