Childcare and mothers’ employment: Approaching the millennium

National Institute Economic Review

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 84-102

  Hansen, Kirstine ^a   Joshi, Heather ^a   Verropoulou, Georgia ^b  

^a University of London ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

childcare; maternal employment; production boundary

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992797100     PISSN: 00279501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0027950106064039     Document Type: Article

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