Women's opportunities under different family policy constellations: Gender, class, and inequality tradeoffs in western countries re-examined

Social Politics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-40

  Korpi, Walter ^a   Ferrarini, Tommy ^a   Englund, Stefan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84874848375     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: 14682893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxs028     Document Type: Article

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