Maternal employment and adolescent development

Labour Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 958-983

  Ruhm, Christopher J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b NBER ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Child obesity; Cognitive test scores; Maternal employment; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149104161     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2007.07.008     Document Type: Article

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