Rethinking work and income maintenance policy: Promoting gender equality through a citizens' basic income

Feminist Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-118

  McKay, Ailsa ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizens' basic income; Citizenship; Gender; Leisure; Social security; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035626707     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700010022721     Document Type: Article

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