With a little help from abroad: The effect of low-skilled immigration on the female labour supply

Labour Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 664-675

  Barone, Guglielmo ^a   Mocetti, Sauro ^a  

^a BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Female labour supply; Household production; Immigration

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052264610     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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