The state intervenes in the battle of the sexes: Causal effects of paternity leave

Social Science Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1611-1622

  Kotsadam, Andreas ^a,b   Finseraas, Henning ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gender equality; Household work; Natural experiment; Parental leave

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053216197     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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