Female labour market participation and economic growth

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 97-108

  Luci, Angela ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Gender; Labour market policies; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249100623     PISSN: 17408822     EISSN: 17408830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISD.2009.028065     Document Type: Article

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