Part-time work in the Dutch welfare state: The ideal combination of work and care?

Policy and Politics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 535-552

  Yerkes, Mara ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Care policy; Comparative welfare states; Gender; Part time work

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950774598     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557309X435510     Document Type: Article

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