Money illusion: The importance of household time use in social policy making

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 245-260

  Michael, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Poverty and children; Real income; Social policy; Time value

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747730570     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02265019     Document Type: Article

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