The effect of children on specialization and coordination of partners' activities

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2010
Volume: 108
Issue: 2
Pages: 237-241

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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Abstract

This paper documents the extent of the specialization in time use in couple families, and the impact of children on this specialization. Children are shown to intensify the specialization in time use through reducing the apparent complementarity in time allocations of their parents.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:108:y:2010:i:2:p:237-241
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25