New mothers' labour force participation in Italy: The role of job characteristics

Labour

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 79-121

  Bratti, Massimiliano ^a,b,c   Bono, Emilia Del ^a,b,c   Vuri, Daniela ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CHILD   (Italy)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LABOR POLICY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745279423     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2005.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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