Changing women's lives: Child care policy in Ireland

Feminist Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 89-94

  Murphy Lawless, Jo ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Child care; Ireland; Labor force participation; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034408425     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135457000337697     Document Type: Article

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