Migrant women, care work, and women' s employment in Greece

Feminist Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 103-131

  Lyberaki, Antigone ^a  

^a PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aging; Care services; Elderly; Women migrants; Women's employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960602198     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2011.583201     Document Type: Article

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