Wages of virtue: The relative pay of care work

Social Problems

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 455-473

  England, Paula ^a   Budig, Michelle ^b   Folbre, Nancy ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 0036876561     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2002.49.4.455     Document Type: Review

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