Parental responsibility for paid employment and social reproduction: children’s experiences in middle-class and working-class households in England

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1892-1906

  Pimlott Wilson, Helena ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

austerity; children; employment; gender; geography; social class

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ISSUE; LABOR MARKET; MORALITY; PARENTAL CARE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84946888294     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308518X15597145     Document Type: Article

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