Paid leave and the timing of women's employment before and after birth

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1008-1021

  Joesch, Jutta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Paid leave; Women's employment; Work interruptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039269063     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353799     Document Type: Article

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