Falling fertility rates: New challenges to the European welfare state

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 485-503

  Vos, Allison E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Labor market institutions; Political economy; Welfare state; Women; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650474653     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwp007     Document Type: Article

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