The prospects for caring: Economic theory and policy analysis

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 581-599

  Himmelweit, Susan ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care; Inequality; Paid and unpaid labour; Productivity; Social norms

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; LABOR MARKET; POLICY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 34547885355     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bem011     Document Type: Article

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