Education, work and parenthood: Comparing the experience of young men and women in Sweden

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-42

  Dribe, Martin ^a   Stanfors, Maria ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Education; Fertility; Gender; Hazard regressions; Parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849126089     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-008-9134-7     Document Type: Article

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