Government policy and women in the labour market: The importance of public sector employment

Local Economy

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 804-815

  Green, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

activation policy; employment; labour market; local economic development; public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870001467     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269094212455154     Document Type: Article

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