Married couples' time allocation decisions and marital stability

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 507-525

  Weagley, Robert O ^a   Chan, Min Lee ^b   Yan, Jiahui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Divorce; Household production; Market work

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547253351     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-007-9070-y     Document Type: Article

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