Leaves and leaving: The Family and Medical Leave Act and the decline in maternal labor force participation

Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Goodpaster, Natalie K ^a  

^a ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

FMLA; Labor force participation; Maternity leave

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957827860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15380645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.1996     Document Type: Article

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