The times they are not changin': Days and hours of work in Old and New Worlds, 1870-2000

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 538-567

  Huberman, Michael ^a   Minns, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparative economic history; Hours of work; Labor supply; Vacation days

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548221028     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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