Desperate Housework: Relative Resources, Time Availability, Economic Dependency, and Gender Ideology Across Europe

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1000-1022

  Aassve, Arnstein ^a   Fuochi, Giulia ^b   Mencarini, Letizia ^b,c  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies Collegio Carlo Alberto   (Italy)

Author keywords

division of housework; economic dependency; gender ideology; Generations and Gender Survey; relative resources; time availability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899980086     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X14522248     Document Type: Article

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