Ethnic differences and married women's employment in Malaysia: Do government policies matter?

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-306

  Amin, Shahina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Ethnicity; Malaysia; Married women; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842711792     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2003.12.023     Document Type: Article

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