Gender and Well-being in the Dominican Republic: The Impact of Free Trade Zone Employment and Female Headship

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 394-409

  Liberato, Ana S Q ^a   Fennell, Dana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominican Republic; free trade zone employment; gender; globalization; health; well being

Indexed keywords

FREE TRADE; GENDER ISSUE; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 33847182724     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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