Postponing maternity in Ireland

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-84

  O'Donoghue, Cathal ^a,b   Meredith, David ^a   O'Shea, Eamon ^a,b  

^a Rural Economy Research Centre Ireland   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Career planning; Hazard model; Postponing maternity

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME; LIFE HISTORY; MATERNAL HEALTH; NUMERICAL MODEL;

IRELAND;

EID: 78651463191     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/beq010     Document Type: Article

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