Employment and training alternatives for non-college women: Do redistributive policies really redistribute?

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 585-601

  Mastracci, Sharon H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; TRAINING; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0345566204     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-0072.00044     Document Type: Article

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