Economic Globalization and Women's Status in the Labor Market: A Cross-National Investigation of Occupational Sex Segregation and Inequality

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-383

  Meyer, Lisa B ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0242594796     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2003.tb00537.x     Document Type: Review

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