“Holding hands at midnight”: The paradox of caring labor

Feminist Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 73-92

  Folbre, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

altruism; Caring; family; labor; policy; reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937283661     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714042215     Document Type: Article

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