Gender, aging, and the evolving arab patriarchal contract

Feminist Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 53-78

  Olmsted, Jennifer C ^a  

^a DREW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arab; Elderly; Gender; Palestinian; Patriarchal contract

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944485978     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700500115860     Document Type: Review

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