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An International Comparison of Married Women s Labor Supply

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  • Christin Knudsen
  • H. Elizabeth Peters

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This paper compares the labor supply of married women with young children in the US, Canada, Germany, and Australia. The study is based on uniform estimation techniques and composition of samples. Also evaluated is the importance of the degree of selection bias for the countries in question.

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  • Christin Knudsen & H. Elizabeth Peters, 1994. "An International Comparison of Married Women s Labor Supply," LIS Working papers 106, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
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