Gender differences in childcare: Time allocation in five European countries

Feminist Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 119-150

  García Mainar, Inmaculada ^a   Molina, José Alberto ^a   Montuenga, Víctor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Childcare; Gender differences; Intrahousehold allocation; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251502939     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2010.542004     Document Type: Article

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