Enlarging the lub: When do candidate states enforce gender equality laws

Comparative European Politics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 158-177

  Avdeyeva, Olga ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

EU enlargement; Gender equality; Government compliance; Labor market

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650233170     PISSN: 14724790     EISSN: 1740388X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cep.2008.34     Document Type: Article

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