Time to eat: Household production under increasing income inequality

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 852-863

  Hamermesh, Daniel S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b IZA ^*

Author keywords

Household production; Inequality; Time use

Indexed keywords

FOOD; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848897828     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2007.01012.x     Document Type: Article

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