The determinants of married women’ s autonomy in Indonesia

Feminist Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 31-55

  Rammohan, Anu ^a   Johar, Meliyanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Female autonomy; Indonesia; Kinship norms; Labor force participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950760688     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700903153989     Document Type: Article

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