Marriage market imbalances and labor force participation of Canadian women

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-57

  Emery, J C Herbert ^a   Ferrer, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Demographics; Labor supply; Marriage markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349175214     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-008-9040-7     Document Type: Article

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