Getting a job: Is there a motherhood penalty?

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1297-1338

  Correll, Shelley J ^a   Benard, Stephen ^a   Paik, In ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 34248384075     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511799     Document Type: Article

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