Children and women's hours of work

Economic Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 526, 2008, Pages

  Paull, Gillian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; WAGE GAP; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38349146169     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02114.x     Document Type: Article

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