Working hours in dual-earner couples: Does one partner work less when the other works more?
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Keywords
Dual-earners; gender equality; labour market; working hours;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2012-01-03 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-EUR-2012-01-03 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-LAB-2012-01-03 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LMA-2012-01-03 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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