Escaping the fate of Sisyphus: Bargaining, divorce, and employment in the patriarchal family

Review of Radical Political Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-19

  Heath, Julia A ^a   Ciscel, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

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EID: 0010791149     PISSN: 04866134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/048661349602800101     Document Type: Article

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