Economic Recession and Recovery in the UK: What's Gender Got to Do with It?

Feminist Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 108-123

  McKay, Ailsa ^a   Campbell, Jim ^b   Thomson, Emily ^a   Ross, Susanne ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

equality; feminist economics; Gender division of labor; public expenditure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883561225     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2013.808762     Document Type: Article

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