Cultural and institutional factors shaping mothers' employment and working hours in postindustrial countries

Social Forces

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1301-1333

  Boeckmann, Irene ^a   Misra, Joya ^b   Budig, Michelle J ^b  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 84930749911     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/sou119     Document Type: Article

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