Understanding Women's Work Using Time-Use Statistics: The Case of India

Feminist Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 67-92

  Hirway, Indira ^a   Jose, Sunny ^b  

^a Centre for Development Alternatives   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Employment; female labor force participation; time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859012718     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2011.622289     Document Type: Article

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