Family economy workers or caring mothers? Male breadwinning and widows' pensions in Norway and the UK

Feminist Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Skevik, Anne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breadwinner models; Care; Lone motherhood; Unpaid work; Widows

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042784515     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700420000217739     Document Type: Review

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