Work-family arrangements and gender inequality in Europe

Women in Management Review

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 25-35

  Den Dulk, Laura ^a   Van Doorne Huiskes, Anneke ^b   Schippers, Joop ^c  

^a The Netherlands School for Social and Economic Policy Research   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European Union; Family life; Gender; Labour market; Welfare; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011212122     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649429610122627     Document Type: Article

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