Female labor supply with a discontinuous, nonconvex budget constraint: Incorporation of a part-time/full-time wage differential

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 461-469

  Averett, Susan L ^a   Hotchkiss, Julie L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONSTRAINT; LABOUR SUPPLY; WAGE DISPARITY; WOMEN'S WORK;

USA;

EID: 0031428862     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465300556878     Document Type: Article

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