Inhalt:
Human reproduction is a basic economic activity in every society. It includes activities such as maternal care, childcare, old age provision, poor relief, healthcare, and labour protection. In pre-industrial times, human reproduction was typically a part of kin-based household economies, but since the onset of industrialization two new institutional solutions have developed: the male breadwinning system and the welfare state.
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Literaturangaben
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Special issue 5: The Rise and decline of the male breadwinner family?
In:
International review of social history. Special issue, Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Pr., 1993, 5(1997), Seite 153-174
In:
volume:5
In:
year:1997
In:
pages:153-174
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1017/S0020859000114828
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