Maternal work conditions and child development

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1037-1057

  Felfe, Christina ^a,c   Hsin, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b CESifo ^*  (Germany)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Child development; Maternal work conditions; Parenting behavior

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL CARE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 84865419002     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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