Women and the labor market in Poland: From socialism to capitalism

Globalization, Uncertainty and Women's Careers: An International Comparison

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 247-271

  Plomien, Ania ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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