Time as a network good: Evidence from unemployment and the standard workweek

Sociological Science

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-27

  Young, Cristobal ^a   Limb, Chaeyoon ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Network goods; Time use; Unemployment; Well being; Workweek

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956902824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23306696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15195/v1.a2     Document Type: Article

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