Shifting the risk: New employment patterns, informalization, and women's work

International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-53

  Benería, Lourdes ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Commodity chains; Economic restructuring; Feminization of the labor force; Globalization; Home based work; Informal sector; Informalization; Precarious jobs; Women's employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 26844512928     PISSN: 08914486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011115816320     Document Type: Conference Paper

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