Balancing move and work: Women's labour market exits and entries after family migration

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-44

  Clark, William A V ^a   Huang, Youqin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Family migration; Labour market; Tied mover; Women

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; LABOR MARKET; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 31544444166     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.388     Document Type: Article

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