Does women's employment reduce poverty? Evidence from Israel

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 211-230

  Stier, Haya ^a   Lewin, Alisa C ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Couple headed; Distribution; Female labour force participation; Female headed; Household income; Inequality; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036600095     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095001702400426811     Document Type: Article

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