Time out for childcare: Signalling and earnings rebound effects for men and women

Labour

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 609-629

  Stafford, Frank P ^a   Sundström, Marianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDCARE; EARNINGS IMPACT; LABOUR MARKET; PUBLIC POLICY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0030407640     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.1996.tb00102.x     Document Type: Article

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