Pathways to economic security: Gender and nonstandard employment in contemporary Japan

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 179-196

  Gottfried, Heidi ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic security; Gendered work; Regulation; Temporary employment; Working time

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ROLE; LABOR POLICY; LABOR RELATIONS; LABOR STANDARD; SOCIAL INDICATOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 46749096883     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-007-9211-6     Document Type: Article

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