The gendered division of labor and family outcomes in Germany

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1246-1259

  Cooke, Lynn Prince ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Divorce; Fertility; Gendered division of labor; Longitudinal analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844249394     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00090.x     Document Type: Article

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