Measuring Care: Gender, Empowerment, and the Care Economy

Journal of Human Development

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-199

  Folbre, Nancy ^a  

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Author keywords

Care; Dependents; Empowerment; Gender; Time use; Unpaid work

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949128213     PISSN: 14699516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649880600768512     Document Type: Article

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