Blessing or curse? Work-family policies and mother's wage growth over time

Work and Occupations

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 367-394

  Glass, Jennifer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b E11 SSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mothers; Wage growth; Work family policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142735727     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888404266364     Document Type: Review

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