Relatively different? How do gender differences in well-being depend on paid and unpaid work in Europe?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 509-525

  Boye, Katarina ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Europe; Gender; Gender attitudes; House workhours; Paid working hours; Social comparison; Well being

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; WOMENS STATUS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 68549122926     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9434-1     Document Type: Article

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