Cultural factors in women's labor force participation in Chile

Feminist Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 27-46

  Contreras, Dante ^a   Plaza, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Culture; Female labor force participation rate; Machismo; Social norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952531394     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701003731815     Document Type: Article

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