How does job-protected maternity leave affect mothers' employment?

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 655-691

  Baker, Michael ^a   Milligan, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 51949101930     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591955     Document Type: Article

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