The de-standardization of the life course: Are men and women equal?

Advances in Life Course Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 28-39

  Widmer, Eric D ^a   Ritschard, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cohorts; De standardization; Entropy; Gender; Life course; Pluralization; TraMineR

Indexed keywords

EID: 66349136265     PISSN: 15694909     EISSN: 18796974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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