Energy consumption and working hours: a longitudinal study of developed and developing nations, 1990–2008

Environmental Sociology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 213-223

  Fitzgerald, Jared B ^a   Jorgenson, Andrew K ^a   Clark, Brett ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

degrowth; energy consumption; environmental sociology; working hours

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013628356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23251042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23251042.2015.1046584     Document Type: Article

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