Policy, preferences, and patriarchy: The division of domestic labor in East Germany, West Germany, and the United States

Social Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-143

  Cooke, Lynn Prince ^a  

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EID: 33645080676     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: 14682893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxj005     Document Type: Article

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