A model of household time allocation taking into consideration of hiring domestic helpers

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 204-216

  Wang, Donggen ^a   Li, Jiukun ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Activity travel behavior; Domestic helpers; Household interactions; Models of time allocation

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EMPLOYMENT; MAINTENANCE; WAGES;

ACTIVITY-TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; ACTIVITY-TRAVEL PATTERNS; DOMESTIC HELPERS; HOUSEHOLD INTERACTION; HOUSEHOLD MAINTENANCE; HOUSEHOLD TIME ALLOCATION; MODELS OF TIME; TIME ALLOCATION MODEL;

TRANSPORTATION;

DOMESTIC WORK; MODELING; TIME ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 57649093740     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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