Children, labour supply and child care: Challenges for empirical analysis

Australian Economic Review

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 276-299

  Kalb, Guyonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LABOR SUPPLY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70149123852     PISSN: 00049018     EISSN: 14678462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8462.2009.00545.x     Document Type: Review

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