Who benefits from paid family leave? Impact of expansions in Canadian paid family leave on maternal employment and transfer income

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 693-711

  Hanratty, Maria ^a   Trzcinski, Eileen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Family leave

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349167967     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-008-0211-x     Document Type: Article

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