Parental care and married women's labor supply in urban China

Feminist Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-192

  Liu, Lan ^a   Dong, Xiao yuan ^b   Zheng, Xiaoying ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

China; Eldercare; Patrilineal norms; Women's labor supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956553916     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2010.493717     Document Type: Article

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