Working the night shift: Gender and the global economy

ACME

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-27

  Patel, Reena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 33750135483     PISSN: 14929732     EISSN: 14929732     Source Type: Journal    
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