The route matters: Poverty and inequality among lone-mother households in Russia

Feminist Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 207-225

  Kanji, Shireen ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child poverty; Family policies; Inequality; Lone mothers; Working time

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042696871     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354570042000217775     Document Type: Review

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