Estimating women's time use: Based on British survey evidence from 1986-1987

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1505-1521

  Prodromídis, Pródromos Ioánnis ^a  

^a Centre of Planning and Economic Research   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; TIME ALLOCATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23844488690     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500081754     Document Type: Article

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