The impact of domestic work on men's and women's wages

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1134-1145

  Noonan, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed effects models; Gender; Housework; Wage gap; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035511541     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.01134.x     Document Type: Article

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