Gender and time allocation of cohabiting and married women and men in France, Italy, and the United States

Demographic Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 183-216

  Bianchi, Suzanne ^a   Lesnard, Laurent ^b   Nazio, Tiziana ^c   Raley, Sara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCIENCES PO   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d MCDANIEL COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84906054817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.31.8     Document Type: Article

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