Towards a gendering of the labour market regulation debate

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1103-1126

  Rubery, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Gender; Gender mainstreaming; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ISSUE; LABOR MARKET; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

EID: 80155174136     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/ber001     Document Type: Article

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