Informal care and labor market participation

Labour Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 140-149

  Leigh, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Labor supply; Life satisfaction; Non market care; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549096185     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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