Time to work: A comparative analysis of preferences for working hours

Work and Occupations

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 302-326

  Stier, Haya ^a   Lewin Epstein, Noah ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Country comparison; Hierarchical linear modeling; ISSP; Time preferences; Working hours

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041706077     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888403253897     Document Type: Article

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