Rethinking the paradox: Tradeoffs in work-family policy and patterns of gender inequality

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-176

  Mandel, Hadas ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Class; Family policy; Gender; Welfare states

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957483527     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668803.2011.571397     Document Type: Article

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