Total work and gender: Facts and possible explanations

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 239-261

  Burda, Michael ^a   Hamermesh, Daniel S ^b   Weil, Philippe ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c OFCE   (France)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Household production; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861197825     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-012-0408-x     Document Type: Article

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