The opt-out revolution: Recent trends in female labor supply

Research in Labor Economics

Volumn 33, Issue , 2011, Pages 45-83

  Antecol, Heather ^a  

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Author keywords

Extensive intensive margin; Female labor supply; Opting out; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886304951     PISSN: 01479121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0147-9121(2011)0000033005     Document Type: Article

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