Do ethnic minorities "stretch" their time? UK household evidence on multitasking

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-206

  Zaiceva, Anzelika ^a   Zimmermann, Klaus F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethnic minorities; Multitasking; Time use; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957524419     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-010-9103-4     Document Type: Review

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