Gender, family and care provision in developing countries:Towards gender equality

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 275-300

  Mínguez, Almudena Moreno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

care; development context; family; gender; social policy; unpaid work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867948984     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146499341201200402     Document Type: Article

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