Envy, leisure, and restrictions on working hours

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1286-1310

  Alvarez cuadrado, Francisco ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; MODELING; THEORETICAL STUDY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 35448991207     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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