Gender and the Labour Market

The Labour Market in Winter: The State of Working Britain

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Swaffield, Joanna K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment gap; Female labour market; Gender inequality; Gender wage gap; Labour market legislation; Male labour market; Part time employment; Sex discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938629659     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199587377.003.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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