The Effect of Career Breaks on the Working Lives of Women

Feminist Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Arun, Shoba V ^a   Arun, Thankom G ^b   Borooah, Vani K ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career breaks; Gender; Income penalty; Labor market; Motherhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144285853     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354570042000198236     Document Type: Review

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