Irish credit unions: Exploring the gender mix

Voluntas

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 339-358

  McKillop, Donal G ^a   Briscoe, R ^b   McCarthy, O ^b   Ward, M ^b   Ferguson, C ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Cooperatives; Credit unions; Gender; Ireland

Indexed keywords

CREDIT PROVISION; FINANCIAL SERVICES; GENDER ROLE; LABOR PARTICIPATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

IRELAND;

EID: 0142156028     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025670704720     Document Type: Article

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