Finding their way? Female employment patterns in West Germany, East Germany, and Poland

European Sociological Review

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-345

  Matysiak, Anna ^a   Steinmetz, Stephanie ^b  

^a WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 47049083766     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcn007     Document Type: Article

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