The Family and Medical Leave Act and the labor productivity of parents

Economics Letters

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 334-336

  Dunbar, Geoffrey R ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Labor productivity; Labor share; Parental leave

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870992132     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.11.019     Document Type: Article

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