Domestic work, family characteristics, and earnings: Reexamining gender and class differences

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 663-690

  Shirley, Carla ^a   Wallace, Michael ^b  

^a RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 14844314197     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2004.tb02309.x     Document Type: Article

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