Explaining the Motherhood Wage Penalty During the Early Occupational Career

Demography

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-21

  Staff, Jeremy ^a   Mortimer, Jeylan T ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Motherhood; Wage attainments; Work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856528069     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0068-6     Document Type: Article

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