The political economy of gender: Explaining cross-national variation in the gender division of labor and the gender voting gap

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-19

  Iversen, Torben ^a   Rosenbluth, Frances ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644982354     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2006.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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