TY - BOOK ID - 25146834 TI - Careers of couples in contemporary societies : from male breadwinner to dual earner families AU - Blossfeld, Hans-Peter AU - Drobnič, Sonja PY - 2001 SN - 019924491X 9780199244911 PB - Oxford: Oxford university press, DB - UniCat KW - Labour market KW - Sociology of work KW - Familles à double carrière KW - #SBIB:316.356.2H1560 KW - Gezin en buitenhuisarbeid van beide partners KW - Familles à double carrière KW - Dual-career families KW - #SBIB:014.AANKOOP KW - Career couples KW - Couples, Dual-income KW - Couples, Two-career KW - Dual-career couples KW - Dual-career marriage KW - Dual-income couples KW - Two-career couples KW - Two-earner families KW - Working couples KW - Families KW - Work and family KW - Travail et famille KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Cross-cultural studies. KW - Etudes transculturelles KW - Dual-career families - Cross-cultural studies. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:25146834 AB - This book studies the transformation of work in couples in Germany, the Netherlands, the Flemish part of Belgium, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, the United States, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Hungary, and China. It provides evidence that gender role change in couples has been slow and asymmetric, and demonstrates the importance of institutional differences among modern societies, determining the timing, speed, and pattern of the transition from male breadwinner to the dual-earner family mode. (OUP) ER -