Female labor supply: Why is the United States falling behind?

American Economic Review

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 251-256

  Blau, Francine D ^a   Kahn, Lawrence M ^a  

^a and History   (United States)

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EID: 84879111457     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.103.3.251     Document Type: Conference Paper

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