Assets in intrahousehold bargaining among women workers in Colombia's cut-flower industry

Feminist Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 247-269

  Friedemann Sánchez, Greta ^a  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural labor; Domestic violence; Non traditional exports; Property; Rural Colombia; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645780870     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700500508551     Document Type: Article

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