Why are women in the Caribbean so much more likely than men to be unemployed?
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Gender; unemployment; growth and development; Caribbean; inequality;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J01 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics: General
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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