Gender dynamics and redundancy in urban China

Feminist Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 125-158

  Liu, Jieyu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Gender; Qualitative research; State sector reform; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547791870     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700701445322     Document Type: Review

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