Welfare rules, business cycles, and employment dynamics among lone parents in Norway

Feminist Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 61-89

  Kjeldstad, Randi ^a   Rønsen, Marit ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Employment dynamics; Lone fathers; Lone mothers; Unemployment; Welfare policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042704206     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354570042000217720     Document Type: Review

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