Do women in female-dominated occupations exit the labour market more? evidence from Italy, Spain, Denmark and the UK

Population Review

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 172-191

  Guinea Martin, Daniel ^a,b   Solera, Cristina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

ECHP; Public sector; Sex occupational segregation; Type of contract; Women's labour market interruptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878787867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15490955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/prv.2013.0002     Document Type: Article

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