Mothers' work and child care: Findings from the urban slums of Guatemala City

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 855-885

  Hallman, Kelly ^a   Quisumbing, Agnes R ^b   Ruel, Marie ^b   De la Brière, Bénédicte ^c  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department for International Development ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; INFORMAL SETTLEMENT; LABOR PARTICIPATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; GUATEMALA [GUATEMALA (DPR)]; GUATEMALA [GUATEMALA (NTN)]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24344488478     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/427458     Document Type: Article

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