Gender role ideologies and marriage promotion: State policy choices and suggestions for improvement

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 841-858

  Harris, Deborah A ^a   Parisi, Domenico ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER; GENDER ROLE; MARRIAGE; POLITICAL POWER; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30344464379     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2005.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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