Women's Continuous Careers in Italy: The Education and Public Sector Divide

Population Review

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 129-148

  Solera, Cristina ^a   Bettio, Francesca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Non monetary returns to education; Public sector employment; Women's labour market participation; Work family reconciliation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878786249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15490955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/prv.2013.0007     Document Type: Article

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