Care for sick children as a proxy for gender equality in the family

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-356

  Eriksson, Rickard ^a   Nermo, Magnus ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Gender equality; Household work; Time use; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; CHILD CARE; GENDER ISSUE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77953325685     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9505-y     Document Type: Article

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