Pursuing preferences: The creation and resolution of work hour mismatches

American Sociological Review

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 618-638

  Reynolds, Jeremy ^a   Aletraris, Lydia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; SPATIAL MISMATCH; TIME ALLOCATION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33749182826     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240607100405     Document Type: Article

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