China's transition and feminist economics

Feminist Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 1-33

  Berik, Günseli ^a   Dong, Xiao Yuan ^b   Summerfield, Gale ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Economic transition; Feminist economics; Gender inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547809291     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700701513954     Document Type: Review

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