Spousal Violence and Women's Employment in India

Feminist Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 30-52

  Bhattacharya, Haimanti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Spousal violence; women's employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926262487     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2014.994653     Document Type: Article

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