Research into intrahousehold finances challenges key assumptions about the family as a
unitary whole, investigates the extent of sharing within it, examines mechanisms of control …

The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men
and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of …

This popular book provides a compelling introduction to thinking about childhood in rigorous
and critical ways. Karen Wells offers a unique global perspective on children's lives …

Previous research has shown that women providing family care tend to decrease paid work.
We take the opposite perspective and examine how current and previous family care tasks …

This paper explores the gender gap in time allocation in European countries, offering a
comparison of the 2000s and the 2010s, along with an explanation of the documented …

Austerity policies and austere socio-economic conditions in the UK have had acute
consequences for everyday life and, interconnectedly, the political and structural regimes …

The rising population of stay‐at‐home fathers is driven by economic conditions, human
capital, and changing gender ideology. When unemployment rates increase, women …

This article explores the gender gap in time allocation in Europe, offering up-to-date
statistics and information on several factors that may help to explain these differences. Prior …

This review forms part of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's programme to develop a set of
evidence-based anti-poverty strategies for the UK. The remit was to identify and analyse …

This article aims at providing a critical review of the main strands of research regarding the
within-couple distribution of economic resources produced since the late 1950s by scholars …