Opting Out and Buying Out: Wives' Earnings and Housework Time

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 459-471

  Killewald, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Families in middle and later life; Health and Retirement Study (HRS); Housework division of labor; Time use; Wives' employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952522848     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00818.x     Document Type: Article

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