Trends in women's labor force participation in Australia: 1984-2002

Social Science Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 287-310

  Evans, M D R ^a   Kelley, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age effects; Australia; Children; Cohort effects; Education; Family background effects; Female labor supply; Hours worked; Husband's income; Income effects; Life course stage; Marital status; Price effects; Trends; Women's labor force participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149133640     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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