Patterns of development in work/family reconciliation policies for parents in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK in the 2000s

Social Politics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-286

  Lewis, Jane ^a   Knijn, Trudie ^a   Martin, Claude ^a   Ostner, Ilona ^a  

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EID: 51849105695     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: 14682893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxn016     Document Type: Article

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