Gender and the Labor Market in China and Poland

Urban China in Transition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 89-111

  Fan, C Cindy ^a   Regulska, Joanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

European union; Gender; Labor market; Poland; World trade organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890154704     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470712870.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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