On the sharing of temporary parental leave: The case of Sweden

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 385-404

  Amilon, Anna ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bargaining power; Stackelberg model; Temporary parental leave

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549028398     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-007-9015-0     Document Type: Article

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