What effects do macroeconomic conditions have on the time couples with children spend together?

Review of Economics of the Household

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 791-814

  Morrill, Melinda Sandler ^a   Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Great recession; Non standard work hours; Time together; Time use; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947036650     PISSN: 15695239     EISSN: 15737152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11150-015-9285-x     Document Type: Article

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