Women and poverty: Beyond earnings and welfare

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 723-742

  Albelda, Randy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring labor; Earnings; Family structure; Labor markets; Poverty; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043096839     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9769(99)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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