Sources of crime in the state of Veracruz: The role of female labor force participation and wage inequality

Feminist Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 51-75

  Blanco, Lorenzo ^a   Villa, Sandra M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics of crime; Gender wage inequality; Women's labor force participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249127257     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700802075143     Document Type: Article

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