On the economics of sleeping

Mind and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-164

  Asgeirsdottir, Tinna Laufey ^a   Zoega, Gylfi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Health; Human capital; Productivity; Sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053991338     PISSN: 15937879     EISSN: 18601839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11299-011-0086-5     Document Type: Article

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