Women's employment in restructuring America: The changing experience of women in three recessions

Women and Recession

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 12-40

  Humphries, Jane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Newnham College   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84918922833     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203832684     Document Type: Chapter

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