Time spent in home production in the twentieth-century United States: New estimates from old data

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-47

  Ramey, Valerie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; NATIONAL TRADE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66049120016     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050709000333     Document Type: Article

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