Working part time: By choice or by constraint

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1042-1065

  Barrett, Garry F ^a   Doiron, Denise J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 0142191596     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0008-4085.00112     Document Type: Article

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