Parental leave and gender equality: Lessons from the European Union

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-114

  Haas, Linda ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; GENDER RELATIONS; PARENTAL CARE; SOCIAL POLICY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0042284716     PISSN: 02784416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1541-1338.d01-6     Document Type: Article

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