Women's employment in declining Britain

Women and Recession

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 84-112

  Rubery, Jill ^a   Tarling, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 84918878899     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203832684     Document Type: Chapter

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