Parental leave: The impact of recent legislation on parents' leave taking

Demography

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 191-200

  Han, Wen Jui ^a   Waldfogel, Jane ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY LEAVE; FAMILY SIZE; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENTAL LEAVE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037974743     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3180818     Document Type: Article

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