A flying start? Maternity leave benefits and long-run outcomes of children

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 365-412

  Carneiro, Pedro ^a   Løken, Katrine V ^b   Salvanes, Kjell G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR RELATIONS; WAGE;

NORWAY;

EID: 84925325532     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679627     Document Type: Article

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