Women's empowerment through home-based work: Evidence from India

Development and Change

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 425-445

  Kantor, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; GARMENT INDUSTRY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

AHMEDABAD; GUJARAT; INDIA;

EID: 0042815071     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00313     Document Type: Article

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