Reconceptualizing women's paid informal work: Some lessons from lower-income urban neighbourhoods

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-300

  Williams, Colin C ^a   Windebank, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; Hidden economy; Underground sector

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SECTOR; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038134979     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0432.00196     Document Type: Article

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