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Participation of Married Women in the Labour Market and the "Added Worker Effect" in Europe

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  • PRIETO RODRIGUEZ Juan
  • RODRIGUEZ GUTIERREZ César

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In this paper, we estimate labour participation equations for married women for eleven European countries, using data from the European Community Household Panel corresponding to the years 1994, 1995 and 1996. The main objective of our study is to test wh

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  • PRIETO RODRIGUEZ Juan & RODRIGUEZ GUTIERREZ César, 2000. "Participation of Married Women in the Labour Market and the "Added Worker Effect" in Europe," IRISS Working Paper Series 2000-12, IRISS at CEPS/INSTEAD.
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