Work–Family Policy Trade-Offs for Mothers? Unpacking the Cross-National Variation in Motherhood Earnings Penalties

Work and Occupations

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 119-177

  Budig, Michelle J ^a   Misra, Joya ^a   Boeckmann, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

earnings; family; social policy; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962719865     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888415615385     Document Type: Article

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