The effects of parental leave extension on training for young women

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 731-760

  Puhani, Patrick A ^a,b,c,d   Sonderhof, Katja ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PANTHÉON ASSAS   (France)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Education; Evaluation; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751646447     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-009-0295-y     Document Type: Article

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