Wishes or constraints mothers' labour force participation and its motivation in Switzerland

European Sociological Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-348

  Ernst Säthli, Michéle ^a   Le Goff, Jean Marie ^a   Levy, René ^a   Widmer, Eric ^b  

^a Centre PAVIE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 66249108245     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcn052     Document Type: Article

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