The crisis of care, international migration, and public policy

Feminist Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1-21

  Benería, Lourdes ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Capability approach; Gender equality; Globalization; International migration; Social policy; Social reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249124496     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700802081984     Document Type: Article

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