Matching work and family commitments: Australian outcomes in a comparative perspective

Family Matters

Volumn 80, Issue , 2008, Pages 9-16

  Adema, Willem ^a   Whiteford, Peter ^b  

^a OECD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 79959516871     PISSN: 10302646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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