Does Mandating Nondiscrimination in Hiring Practices Influence Women's Employment? Evidence Using Firm-Level Data

Feminist Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 28-60

  Amin, Mohammad ^a   Islam, Asif ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

employment; Gender; laws

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943199767     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2014.1000354     Document Type: Article

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