Mothers' time choices: Caregiving, leisure, home production, and paid work

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 643-681

  Kimmel, Jean ^a,b   Connelly, Rachel ^c  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; TIME ALLOCATION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 34547485875     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.xlii.3.643     Document Type: Article

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