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PERSPECTIVE ARTICLE: The impact of Nordic countries’ family friendly policies on employment, wages, and children

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Nabanita Datta Gupta ()
Nina Smith ()
Mette Verner ()

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Review of Economics of the Household.

Volume (Year): 6 (2008)
Issue (Month): 1 (March)
Pages: 65-89
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Keywords: Family friendly policies; Parental leave; Child care; Female labour force participation; Nordic countries; J1; J2; D1;

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  3. Helena Skyt Nielsen & Marianne Simonsen & Mette Verner, 2004. "Does the Gap in Family-friendly Policies Drive the Family Gap?," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 106(4), pages 721-744, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Nabanita Datta Gupta & Ronald L. Oaxaca & Nina Smith, 2006. "Swimming upstream, floating downstream: Comparing women's relative wage progress in the United States and Denmark," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, ILR Review, ILR School, Cornell University, vol. 59(2), pages 243-266, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  6. Marianne Simonsen, 2005. "Availability and Price of High Quality Day Care and Female Employment," Economics Working Papers 2005-8, School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus. [Downloadable!]
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  11. Albrecht, James & Björklund, Anders & Vroman, Susan, 2001. "Is There a Glass Ceiling in Sweden?," IZA Discussion Papers 282, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  12. Pylkkänen, Elina & Smith, Nina, 2004. "The Impact of Family-Friendly Policies in Denmark and Sweden on Mothers’ Career Interruptions Due to Childbirth," IZA Discussion Papers 1050, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  16. Datta Gupta, Nabanita & Smith, Nina, 2002. "Children and Career Interruptions: The Family Gap in Denmark," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 69(276), pages 609-29, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  17. Walker, J.R., 1992. "The Effect of Public Policies on Recent Swedish Fertility Behavior," Papers e-92-20, Stanford - Hoover Institution.
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  18. Paul Gregg & Elizabeth Washbrook & Carol Propper & Simon Burgess, 2005. "The Effects of a Mother's Return to Work Decision on Child Development in the UK," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 115(501), pages F48-F80, 02. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  22. Eriksson, Rickard, 2005. "Parental Leave in Sweden: The Effects of the Second Daddy Month," Working Paper Series 9/2005, Swedish Institute for Social Research. [Downloadable!]
  23. Christopher J. Ruhm, 2004. "Parental Employment and Child Cognitive Development," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 39(1). [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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