Running hard and falling behind: A welfare analysis of two-earner families

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 237-250

  Hotchkiss, Julie L ^a   Kassis, Mary Mathewes ^a   Moore, Robert E ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family utility; Joint labor supply; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031287633     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050041     Document Type: Article

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