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Nancy Folbre
Who Pays for the Kids? [EPUB ebook]
Gender and the Structures of Constraint

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Three paradoxes surround the division of the costs of social reproduction:* Women have entered the paid labour force in growing numbers, but they continue to perform most of the unpaid labour of housework and childcare.* Birth rates have fallen but more and more mothers are supporting children on their own, with little or no assistance from fathers

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 352 ● ISBN 9781134903948 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 1994 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4203855 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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