Housework and gender inequality in European countries

European Sociological Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 365-377

  Voicu, Mǎlina ^a   Voicu, Bogdan ^a   Strapcova, Katarina ^b  

^a ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

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EID: 66249141258     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcn054     Document Type: Article

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