Managing money in marriage: Multilevel and cross-national effects of the breadwinner role

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1307-1325

  Yodanis, Carrie ^a   Lauer, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross national; Equality; Gender; Marriage; Multilevel modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049045687     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00449.x     Document Type: Article

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