Time use and living standards

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-83

  Folbre, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LIVING STANDARD; THEORETICAL STUDY; TIME ALLOCATION; TIME SERIES;

EID: 67649516269     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9407-4     Document Type: Article

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