Gender equity and fertility in Italy and Spain

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-140

  Cooke, Lynn Prince ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FERTILITY; GENDER ISSUE; KINSHIP; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 57449083653     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279408002584     Document Type: Article

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