The wage gap and the leisure gap for double-earner couples

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-304

  Beblo, Miriam ^a   Robledo, Julio R ^b  

^a BERLIN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND LAW   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gender wage gap; Leisure; Private provision of public goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 43349102976     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0132-5     Document Type: Article

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