Behind the negotiations: Financial decision-making processes in Spanish dual-income couples

Feminist Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-56

  Dema Moreno, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dual earner couples; Family; Gender inequality; Intra household allocation; Money

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849115278     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700802620575     Document Type: Article

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