Home with mom: The effects of stay-at-home parents on children's long-run educational outcomes

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 443-467

  Bettinger, Eric ^a   Hægeland, Torbjørn ^b   Rege, Mari ^c  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

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EID: 84904118804     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675070     Document Type: Article

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