Price of High-quality Daycare and Female Employment

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 570-594

  Simonsen, Marianne ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

J13; J22; J38; Maternity leave; Municipality level variation; Quasi experiment

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; COMPENSATION SYSTEM; INCOME; PRICE DYNAMICS; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 78649472931     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2010.01617.x     Document Type: Article

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