The effects of childbearing on married women's labor supply and earnings: Using twin births as a natural experiment

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 449-474

  Jacobsen, Joyce P ^a   Pearce III, James Wishart ^b   Rosenbloom, Joshua L ^c  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; INCOME; LABOR SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032716202     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/146376     Document Type: Article

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