Off the Record: Reconstructing Women's Labor Force Participation in the European Past

Feminist Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 39-67

  Humphries, Jane ^a   Sarasúa, Carmen ^b  

^a ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economic development; economic growth; economic history; family wage; labor market inequality; women's labor force participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871157713     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2012.746465     Document Type: Article

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