Globalisation, women's economic rights and forced labour

World Economy

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1510-1535

  Neumayer, Eric ^a   de Soysa, Indra ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GENDER ISSUE; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LABOR; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 34548788482     PISSN: 03785920     EISSN: 14679701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9701.2007.01060.x     Document Type: Article

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