Of housewives and feminists: Gender norms and intra-household division of labour

Luise Görges

Of housewives and feminists: Gender norms and intra-household division of labour

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Of housewives and feminists: Gender norms and intra-household division of labour. / Görges, Luise.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre - Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 2021. (Working Paper Series in Economics; Band 400).

Publikation: Arbeits- oder Diskussionspapiere und Berichte › Arbeits- oder Diskussionspapiere

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Görges, L 2021 'Of housewives and feminists: Gender norms and intra-household division of labour' Working Paper Series in Economics, Bd. 400, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre - Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Görges, L. (2021). Of housewives and feminists: Gender norms and intra-household division of labour. (Working Paper Series in Economics; Band 400). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre - Leuphana Universität Lüneburg.

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Görges L. Of housewives and feminists: Gender norms and intra-household division of labour. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre - Leuphana Universität Lüneburg. 2021 Apr. (Working Paper Series in Economics).

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