Trends in time allocation: A cross-country analysis

European Economic Review

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1338-1359

  Gimenez Nadal, Jose Ignacio ^a   Sevilla, Almudena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leisure inequality; Time use survey

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864303882     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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