Women's employment, children and transition: An empirical analysis for Poland

Economics of Transition

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-173

  Bardasi, Elena ^a   Monfardini, Chiara ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Female employment; Fertility; PACO (Panel Comparability project) database; Panel data; Poland; Transitional economies

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LABOR PARTICIPATION; MARKET TRANSITION; PANEL DATA; SOCIAL IMPACT; WOMENS STATUS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

EID: 57749091313     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2009.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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