Divorced, separated, and widowed women workers in rural Mozambique

Feminist Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1-31

  Oya, Carlos ^a   Sender, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Divorce; Education; Labor markets; Mozambique

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449580930     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700902729516     Document Type: Article

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