The power of the purse: Allocative systems and inequality in couple households

Gender and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 354-381

  Kenney, Catherine T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Family power; Households; Money; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646390383     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243206286742     Document Type: Article

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