Informal care and labour force participation among middle-aged women in Spain

SERIEs

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-29

  Casado Marín, David ^a,d   García Gómez, Pilar ^b,d   López Nicolás, Ángel ^c,d  

^a Institut Català d Avaluació de Polítiques Públiques Ivàlua   (Spain)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Attrition bias; ECHP; Female labour force participation; Informal care; Panel data models

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951509001     PISSN: 18694187     EISSN: 18694195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13209-009-0008-5     Document Type: Article

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