Managing the family: Productivity, scheduling and the Male Veto

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 706-720

  Baldock, John ^a   Hadlow, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative social care; Dual career households; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SOCIAL POLICY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; FRANCE; ITALY; NORTHERN EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 6044231837     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2004.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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