Division of labor in German dual-earner families: Testing equity theoretical hypotheses

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 870-882

  Klumb, Petra ^a   Hoppmann, Christiane ^b   Staats, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Division of labor; Dual earner couples; Equity theory; Time sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749540895     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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