Moving down: Women's part-time work and occupational change in Britain 1991-2001

Economic Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 526, 2008, Pages

  Connolly, Sara ^a   Gregory, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; OCCUPATION; SKILLED LABOR; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 38349118331     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02116.x     Document Type: Article

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