Family policies in developed countries: A 'fertility-booster' with side-effects

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-216

  Thévenon, Olivier ^a   Gauthier, Anne H ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Family policies; Fertility; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957534552     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668803.2011.571400     Document Type: Article

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