Housework and social policy

Social Science Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 512-530

  Fuwa, Makiko ^a   Cohen, Philip N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national perspective; Gender; Housework; Intra household negotiation; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147123143     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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