The trend in female labour force participation: What can be expected for the future?

Empirical Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 729-753

  Euwals, Rob ^a   Knoef, Marike ^b   van Vuuren, Daniel ^a  

^a CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age period cohort analysis; Female labour force participation; Future development

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 79953330043     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-010-0364-9     Document Type: Article

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