Globalization and home-based workers

Feminist Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 123-142

  Carr, Marilyn ^a   Chen, Martha Alter ^b   Tate, Jane ^c  

^a WIEGO ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HomeNet   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Global value chains; Globalization; Home based workers; Homeworkers; Informal sector economy; Labor standards; Market transactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034369249     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135457000750020164     Document Type: Article

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