The Distribution of Leisure Time Across Countries and Over Time
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Keywords
Time Use; Leisure Inequality; Cross-Country Comparison; MTUS;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
- J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2008-09-13 (Labour Economics)
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