Veblen in reverse: Evidence from the multinational time-use archive

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-45

  Gershuny, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Time use; Work leisure balance

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL INDICATOR; TIME ALLOCATION;

EID: 67649522478     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9369-6     Document Type: Article

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