Policy Watch: The Family and Medical Leave Act

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-186

  Ruhm, Christopher J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0005258931     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.11.3.175     Document Type: Article

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