Labor force participation

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 597-610

  Jacobsen, Joyce P ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor demand; Labor force participation; Labor supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043096891     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-9769(99)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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