Women and the economy: how far have we come?

Agenda

Volumn 19, Issue 64, 2005, Pages 21-29

  Casale, Daniela ^a   Posel, Dorrit ^b  

^a Youth and Family Development Unit of the HSRC   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

economy; formal sector; income; informal sector; labour market

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045007305     PISSN: 10130950     EISSN: 2158978X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2005.9674587     Document Type: Article

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