Changes in women's occupations and occupational mobility over 25 years

Women and Employment: Changing Lives and New Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 54-80

  Dex, Shirley ^a   Ward, Kelly ^b   Joshi, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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