A world of difference: International trends in women's economic status

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2011, Pages 355-371

  Charles, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative; Degendering; Discrimination; Education; Egalitarianism; Employment; Equality; Gender; Global; Labor market; Modernization; Occupation; Postmaterialism; Segregation; Stratification; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960448690     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.012809.102548     Document Type: Review

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