Gender Norms and the Economy: Insights from Social Research

Feminist Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 30-53

  Pearse, Rebecca ^a   Connell, Raewyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

feminist economics; gender relations; interdisciplinary; Norms; sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949323099     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2015.1078485     Document Type: Article

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