The changing life cycle pattern in female employment: A comparison of Germany and the UK

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 302-328

  Fitzenberger, Bernd ^a   Wunderlich, Gaby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENDER ROLE; LABOR PARTICIPATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3943069830     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0036-9292.2004.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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