Social norms, partnerships and children

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-236

  Gimenez Nadal, J Ignacio ^a   Molina, Jose Alberto ^a,c   Sevilla Sanz, Almudena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gender roles; Household labor; Marriage market

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861184793     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-011-9120-y     Document Type: Article

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