Profiling South African gender inequality in informal self-employment.
South Africa is a nation with high unemployment, and informal self-employment can offer an escape from poverty. For this reason, many South African women are currently self-employed. Men also enter the informal sector and though in the minority, they tend to earn more than women. The aim of this pap...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Gender Studies Vol. 24; no. 3; pp. 275 - 293 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2015
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