Mother's employment: Cultural imprint or institutional governance?: Belgium, West and East Germany in comparison

European Societies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-366

  Hummelsheim, Dina ^a   Hirschle, Jochen ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cultural values; Family policy; Mothers' employment; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954693825     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616691003596973     Document Type: Article

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