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Family background, family income, maternal work and child development / by Pierre Lefebvre and Philip Merrigan.: MP32-28/98-12E

With an increasing proportion of women working in the paid labour force over the last 40 years, researchers have long been debating the effects of this trend on child development. The crux of the debate centers on whether the mother's time with the child is more valuable than the income she earns in the labour force.--Executive summary

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Human Resources Development Canada. Applied Research Branch.
TitleFamily background, family income, maternal work and child development / by Pierre Lefebvre and Philip Merrigan.
Series title
  • Working paper W-98-12E
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatPhysical text
Other formatsDigital text-[English]
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  • "With an increasing proportion of women working in the paid labour force over the last 40 years, researchers have long been debating the effects of this trend on child development. The crux of the debate centers on whether the mother's time with the child is more valuable than the income she earns in the labour force."--Executive summary.
Publishing information
  • Ottawa - Ontario : Human Resources Development Canada. 1998.
BindingSoftcover
Descriptionvi, 55p. : references, tables ; 28 cm.
ISBN0-662-27547-0
Catalogue number
  • MP32-28/98-12E
Departmental catalogue numberW-98-12E
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