A theory of the misallocation of time

Family Time: The Social Organization of Care

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 7-24

  Folbre, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203411650     Document Type: Chapter

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