The influence of wages on parents' allocations of time to child care and market work in the United Kingdom

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 399-419

  Kalenkoski, Charlene M ^a   Ribar, David C ^b,d   Stratton, Leslie S ^c,d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child care; Time use; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449087289     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-008-0192-9     Document Type: Article

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