The dilemma of gender specialization: Substituting and augmenting wives' household work

Rationality and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-282

  Treas, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national research; Emotional support; Gender; Household labor; Specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 49049087316     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: 14617358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043463108092529     Document Type: Article

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