Parent care as unpaid family labor: How do spouses share?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 148-164

  Henz, Ursula ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Dual earner; Gender; Housework division of labor; Intergenerational transfers; Unpaid family work

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149108422     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00689.x     Document Type: Article

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