How does household production affect measured income inequality?

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-22

  Frazis, Harley ^a   Stewart, Jay ^a  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Household production; Income distribution; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149500437     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-009-0258-3     Document Type: Article

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