Europe, women, and work: Is the "adult worker" ideal achieved?

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-269

  Montanari, Ingalill ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; GENDER DISPARITY; LABOR MARKET; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EUROPE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; JOB ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; TRADE UNION; WORK; WORKING TIME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; STATISTICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PUBLIC POLICY; WOMEN, WORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049107175     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.39.2.b     Document Type: Review

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