Supporting the employment of mothers: Policy variation across fourteen welfare states

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-70

  Gornick, Janet C ^a   Meyers, Marcia K ^b   Ross, Katherin E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MOTHERS' EMPLOYMENT; OECD COUNTRIES; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

EID: 0030850196     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095892879700700103     Document Type: Article

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