Persistent policy effects on the division of domestic tasks in Reunified Germany

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 930-950

  Cooke, Lynn Prince ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross national comparative; Division of labor; Housework; Longitudinal analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848852638     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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