Home-Based Work and Women's Labor Force Decisions

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 170-200

  Edwards, Linda N ^a   Field Hendrey, Elizabeth ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0036111367     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323936     Document Type: Review

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