Does housework lower wages? Evidence for Britain

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 187-210

  Bryan, Mark L ^a   Sevilla Sanz, Almudena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; WAGE GAP; WOMENS STATUS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HISTORY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; INCOME; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOUSEKEEPING; INCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN, WORKING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952014399     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpq011     Document Type: Article

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