Sons, daughters, wives, and the labour market outcomes of West German men

Labour Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 795-811

  Choi, Hyung Jai ^a   Joesch, Jutta M ^b   Lundberg, Shelly ^c,d,e  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child gender; Family; Fatherhood; Labor supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149093926     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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