Mobilizing the Manpower of Mothers: Childcare Under the Lanham Act During WWII

Claudia Goldin, Claudia Olivetti & Joseph Ferrie
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Copyright 2025
DOI 10.1016/j.eeh.2025.101684
CONFERENCE HELD April 4-5, 2024
Book: The Economic Impacts of World War II
Book organizers: William J. Collins, Andreas Ferrara & Price V. Fishback
PUBLISHER: Explorations in Economic History, special issue

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