Outsourcing women's domestic labour: The Chèque Emploi-Service Universel in France

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-270

  Windebank, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic labour; Domestic outsourcing; Domestic service employment; French social policy; Gender relations

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WORK; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER RELATIONS; OUTSOURCING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547137201     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928707078368     Document Type: Article

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