Fathers’ employment in a father-friendly welfare state: Does fatherhood affect men’s working hours?

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 417-436

  Dommermuth, Lars ^a   Kitterød, Ragni Hege ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fathering; Fathers; Norway; Working time; work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950749213     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800902753960     Document Type: Article

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