Gender differences in time use over the life course in France, Italy, Sweden, and the US

Feminist Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 159-195

  Anxo, Dominique ^a   Mencarini, Letizia ^b   Pailhé, Ariane ^c   Solaz, Anne ^c   Tanturri, Maria Letizia ^d   Flood, Lennart ^e  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender division of labor; Life course; Paid work; Time budget surveys; Time use; Unpaid household work

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960607242     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2011.582822     Document Type: Article

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