Who are the overworked Americans?

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 442-459

  Jacobs, Jerry A ^a   Gerson, Kathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual earners; Over work; Time famine; Under work; Work family conflict; Working time

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000819453     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346769800000044     Document Type: Article

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