Assessing the impact of religion on gender status

Feminist Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 99-111

  Olmsted, Jennifer C ^a  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Islam; Labor; Marriage; Orientalism; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036872656     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700210166928     Document Type: Article

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