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06-107/1 - Diffusion of a Social Norm: Tracing the Emergence of the Housewife in the Netherlands, 1812-1922


  • Authors
    Frans W.A. van Poppel, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute; Hendrik P. van Dalen, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam; Evelien Walhout, International Institute for Social History
  • Publication date
    December 4, 2006
  • Keywords
    marriage; norms; division of labour; housewife; breadwinner
  • JEL
    D13; J12; J16; N34