Economic globalization and women's employment: The case of manufacturing in Mexico

American Sociological Review

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 365-389

  Villarreal, Andrés ^a   Yu, Wei Hsin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; EXPORT; GLOBALIZATION; INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; WAGE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34250650785     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240707200303     Document Type: Article

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