The implicit wage costs of family friendly work practices

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 275-300

  Heywood, John S ^a   Siebert, W Stanley ^b   Wei, Xiangdong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEDONIC ANALYSIS; INCOME; LABOR RELATIONS; WAGE DETERMINATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34447626249     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpm006     Document Type: Article

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