New mothers' employment and public policy in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Japan

Labour

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 5-49

  Kenjoh, Eiko ^a,b  

^a ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; SOCIAL POLICY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ASIA; BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; GERMANY; JAPAN; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745290730     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2005.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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