Lone mothers and paid work - Rational economic man or gendered moral rationalities?

Feminist Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 29-61

  Duncan, Simon ^a   Edwards, Rosalind ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Gender; Lone mothers; Motherhood; Rational economic man; Rationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031535083     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135457097338690     Document Type: Article

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