Flexible Jobs Make Parents Happier: Evidence from Australia
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Keywords
work and family; transition to parenthood; subjective well-being; flexible work;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
- I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HAP-2020-10-05 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-LAB-2020-10-05 (Labour Economics)
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