Partner effects on labour market participation and job level: Opposing mechanisms

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 635-654

  Verbakel, Ellen ^a   de Graaf, Paul M ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Couples; Labour market participation; Labour market success; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749124445     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017009344909     Document Type: Article

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