"Opting out"? the effect of children on women's employment in the United States

Feminist Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-36

  Boushey, Heather ^a  

^a Center for Economic and Policy Research   (United States)

Author keywords

JEL Codes: J22, J16; Mother's employment; Women's employment; Work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249084330     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700701716672     Document Type: Article

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