Embedding Care and Unpaid Work in Macroeconomic Modeling: A Structuralist Approach

Feminist Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 5-31

  Braunstein, Elissa ^a   van Staveren, Irene ^a   Tavani, Daniele ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

care; economic models; structuralist models; Unpaid work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859042516     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2011.602354     Document Type: Article

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