Calibrating stylised time estimates using UK diary data

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 239-243

  Kan, Man Yee ^a   Gershuny, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; PANEL DATA; TIME ALLOCATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649553461     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9365-x     Document Type: Article

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