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Accommodating Families

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  • Joyce P. Jacobsen

    (Department of Economics, Wesleyan University)

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Scheduled to appear as Chapter 7 in "Labor and Employment Law and Economics", a volume in Edward Elgar’s second edition of the Encyclopedia of Law and Economics

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  • Joyce P. Jacobsen, 2008. "Accommodating Families," Wesleyan Economics Working Papers 2008-004, Wesleyan University, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:wes:weswpa:2008-004
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