Mothers’ changing labour supply in Britain, the USA and Sweden

Labour Supply and Incentives to Work in Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 115-150

  Dex, Shirley ^a   Gustafsson, Siv ^b,c   Jenkins, Andrew ^a   Joshi, Heather ^a   Kenjoh, Eiko ^b   Killingsworth, Mark R ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 70350407089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845425623.00013     Document Type: Chapter

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