Childcare availability, household structure, and maternal employment

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

Volumn 38, Issue , 2015, Pages 172-192

  Asai, Yukiko ^a   Kambayashi, Ryo ^b   Yamaguchi, Shintaro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childcare; Female labor supply; Maternal employment; Nuclear family; Three generation family

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941618219     PISSN: 08891583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

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