Occupational Sex Segregation and Family Formation in the Former East and West Germany

Work and Occupations

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-192

  Trappe, Heike ^a   Rosenfeld, Rachel A ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

East Germany; Family formation; Job shifts; Occupational sex segregation; West Germany

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442540301     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888404263895     Document Type: Review

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