Labour participation of Arab women: estimates of the fertility to labour supply link

Applied Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 931-941

  Al Qudsi, Sulayman S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB PEOPLE; FERTILITY TRENDS; LABOUR PARTICIPATION; LABOUR SUPPLY; WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT;

MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 0031707492     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368498325363     Document Type: Article

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