Labor force participation among Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White mothers in 20 occupations

Advances in Gender Research

Volumn 17, Issue , 2013, Pages 263-286

  Landivar, Liana Christin ^a  

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Author keywords

Ethnicity; Occupation; Opting out; Race; Work hours

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885464640     PISSN: 15292126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1529-2126(2013)0000017015     Document Type: Article

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