Women in the urban informal sector: Perpetuation of meagre earnings

Development and Change

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 291-316

  Mitra, Arup ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMAL SECTOR; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

ARGYROSOMUS REGIUS;

EID: 20644435110     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0012-155X.2005.00412.x     Document Type: Article

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