Long-term effects of cash for childcare on mothers' labour supply

Labour

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 507-533

  Rønsen, Marit ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; LABOR SUPPLY; PROBABILITY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 69149093005     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2009.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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