Assigning care: Gender norms and economic outcomes

International Labour Review

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-326

  Badgett, M V Lee ^a   Folbre, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 0033452845     PISSN: 00207780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.1999.tb00390.x     Document Type: Article

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