Equality at home - A question of career? Housework, norms, and policies in a European comparative perspective

Demographic Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1411-1440

  Fahlén, Susanne ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 85006944018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2016.35.48     Document Type: Article

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