Economic relations between women and their partners: An East and West German comparison after reunification

Feminist Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 643-665

  Trappe, Heike ^a   Sørensen, Annemette ^b  

^a German Council for Social and Economic Data   (Germany)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual earner couples; East and West Germany; Economics of the family; Household economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750874029     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700600885255     Document Type: Review

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