Spending time together: The impact of children on couples' leisure synchronization

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 465-486

  Barnet Verzat, C ^a   Pailhe A ^b   Solaz, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Child cost; Couple; Leisure; Synchronization; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 80255141750     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-010-9112-3     Document Type: Article

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