Who are the overworked Americans?

Working Time: International Trends, Theory and Policy Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 89-105

  Jacobs, Jerry A ^a   Gerson, Kathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84977754433     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203183441-6     Document Type: Chapter

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