Inequality in the family: The institutional aspects of women's earning contribution

Social Science Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 594-608

  Stier, Haya ^a   Mandel, Hadas ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Employment decisions; Employment supportive policies; Gender inequality; Multilevel modelling; Women's earning contribution; Work family interplay

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249104249     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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