The 'Gift' of Help: Domestic Helpers and the Maintenance of Hierarchy in the Household Division of Labour

Sociology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-73

  Groves, Julian M ^a   Lui, Lake ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

childcare; domestic helpers; household division of labour; social exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857286916     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038511416166     Document Type: Article

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