Women's and Men's Work in Transitional Russia: Legacies of the Soviet System

Post-Soviet Affairs

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 56-80

  Åhlander, Ann MariSätre ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ROLE; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0034981241     PISSN: 1060586X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1060586X.2001.10641495     Document Type: Article

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