Social stratification and the division of household labor in Japan: The effect of wives’ work on the division of labor among dual-earner families

International Journal of Japanese Sociology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-31

  Iwama, Akiko ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dual earner families; Social stratification; The division of household labor

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247650739     PISSN: 09187545     EISSN: 14756781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6781.2005.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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