How care-work employment shapes earnings in cross-national perspective

International Labour Review

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 441-460

  Budig, Michelle J ^a   Misra, Joya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH WORKER; INCOME; PUBLIC SECTOR; TRADE UNION; WAGE;

EID: 79955027957     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: 1564913X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2010.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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