Working long hours and having no choice: Time poverty in Guinea

Feminist Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 45-78

  Bardasi, Elena ^a   Wodon, Quentin ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Guinea; Poverty; Time use; Underemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956514667     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2010.508574     Document Type: Article

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