Does Maternity Leave Encourage Higher birth Rates? An Analysis of the Australian Labour Market
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Keywords
Demographic Trends and Forecasts; General Migration; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth; Demographic Economics; Public Policy;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
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