The value of non-work time in cross-national quality of life comparisons: The case of the United States vs. the Netherlands

Social Forces

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 679-712

  Verbakel, Ellen ^a   DiPrete, Thomas A ^b,c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Tilburg University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 59649099982     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0125     Document Type: Article

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