Gender-role attitudes and earnings: A multinational study of married women and men

Sex Roles

Volumn 57, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 801-811

  Stickney, Lisa T ^a,c   Konrad, Alison M ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings; Gender differences; Gender roles; Multi cultural research

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849043627     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9311-4     Document Type: Article

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