Political regimes and the family: How sex-role attitudes continue to differ in reunified Germany

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-27

  Bauernschuster, Stefan ^a,b   Rainer, Helmut ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender role attitudes; German reunification; Political regimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755188017     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-011-0370-z     Document Type: Article

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