Sectoral changes and the increase in women's labor force participation

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 240-264

  Akbulut, Rahşan ^a  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Female Labor Force Participation; Home Production; Marketization; Structural Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957495199     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: 14698056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100510000040     Document Type: Article

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