Self-employment, work-family time and the gender division of labour

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 716-734

  Craig, Lyn ^a   Powell, Abigail ^a   Cortis, Natasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

childcare; gender division of labour; self employment; time use; work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865789026     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017012451642     Document Type: Article

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