Leave policies and research: A cross-national overview

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 255-285

  Moss, Peter ^a,c   Deven, Fred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Belgian Population and Family Study Centre   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross national; Maternity leave; Parental employment; Parental leave

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747267425     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v39n03_03     Document Type: Review

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