Economic Crisis, Gender Equality, and Policy Responses in Spain and Canada

Feminist Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 82-107

  Lahey, Kathleen A ^a   de Villota, Paloma ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

economic crisis; fiscal policy; gender budgets; Gender equality; international comparisons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883553110     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2013.812267     Document Type: Article

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