Maternal employment in Scandinavia: A comparison of the after-birth employment activity of Norwegian and Swedish women

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-285

  Rönsen, Marit ^a   Sundström, Marianne ^b  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Labor force participation; Maternity leave

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030305446     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00176688     Document Type: Article

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