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Employer-oriented schedule flexibility, gender and family care

In: Handbook of Research on Gender and Economic Life

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The Handbook illuminates complex facets of the economic and social provisioning process across the globe. The contributors – academics, policy analysts and practitioners from wide-ranging areas of expertise – discuss the methodological approaches to, and analytical tools for, conducting research on the gender dimension of economic life. They also provide analyses of major issues facing both developed and developing countries. Topics explored include civil society, discrimination, informal work, working time, central bank policy, health, education, food security, poverty, migration, environmental activism and the financial crisis.

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  • Elaine McCrate, 2013. "Employer-oriented schedule flexibility, gender and family care," Chapters, in: Deborah M. Figart & Tonia L. Warnecke (ed.), Handbook of Research on Gender and Economic Life, chapter 17, pages 273-289, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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