Leave policy in the Nordic welfare states: A 'recipe' for high employment/high fertility?

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-19

  Ellingster, Anne Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fertility rates; Mothers' employment rates; Nordic welfare states; Parental leave

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649111876     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800801890152     Document Type: Article

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