Effects of birth spacing and timing on mothers' labor force participation

Atlantic Economic Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 410-421

  Miller, Carole F ^b   Xiao, Jing Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 33646165396     PISSN: 01974254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02298337     Document Type: Article

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