Normative discrimination and the motherhood penalty

Gender and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 616-646

  Benard, Stephen ^a   Correll, Shelley J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

family; motherhood penalty; social psychology; work family

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956973038     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243210383142     Document Type: Article

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