An empirical analysis of the time allocation of Italian couples: Are they responsive?

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 345-369

  Bloemen, Hans G ^a,b   Pasqua, Silvia ^c,d   Stancanelli, Elena G F ^e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d CHILD Collegio Carlo Alberto ^*  (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

Author keywords

Household economics; Time allocation; Work behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955553313     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-009-9083-4     Document Type: Article

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