The falling time cost of college: Evidence from half a century of time use data

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 468-478

  Babcock, Philip ^a   Marks, Mindy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79957438138     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: 15309142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00093     Document Type: Article

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