Golden years? the labor market effects of caring for grandchildren

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1283-1296

  Wang, Ying ^a,b   Marcotte, Dave E ^a,b,c,d  

^a IMPAQ International ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c IMPAQ International LLC   (United States)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Family relations; Grandparent; Labor force participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148984271     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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