The social implications of European work time policies: Promoting gender equity?

Working Time: International Trends, Theory and Policy Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 232-250

  Mutari, Ellen ^a   Figart, Deborah M ^a  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

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EID: 85069616915     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203183441-14     Document Type: Chapter

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