The 'trendiness' of sleep: An empirical investigation into the cyclical nature of sleep time

Empirical Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 891-913

  Brochu, Pierre ^a   Armstrong, Catherine Deri ^a   Morin, Louis Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business cycles; Sleep; Time allocation

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS CYCLE; TIME ALLOCATION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 84866463781     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-011-0508-6     Document Type: Article

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