Conclusion

The Politics of Parental Leave Policies: Children, Parenting, Gender and the Labour Market

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 259-272

  Kamerman, Sheila B ^a   Moss, Peter ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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