Women's disconnection from local labour markets: Real lives and policy failure

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 330-350

  Grant, Linda ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender inequality; Labour markets; Welfare policy; Women; Work

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; LABOR MARKET; POLICY ANALYSIS; POVERTY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; WELFARE PROVISION; WELFARE REFORM; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349330632     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018309105174     Document Type: Article

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