@Elliott2002
The value of event history techniques for understanding social processes: Modelling women's employment behaviour after motherhood
(2002) - Jane Elliott
Journal: International Journal of Social Research Methodology
Link:: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13645570110062405
DOI:: 10.1080/13645570110062405
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Tags:: #paper #Methods #EventHistory #Gender #LabourMarket #Family
Cite Key:: [@Elliott2002]
Abstract
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