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Increasing paid work time? A new puzzle for multinational time-diary research
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This explores the reasons that paid work time may be rising, at least in anglophone countries. Three explanations are discussed. (1) An historical reversal of the work/leisure gradient with respect to social position or social status. This gradient was once positive, but is now negative; evidence of this change from 11 developed countries is drawn from the Multinational Time Use study. (2) Paid work is becoming, on average, pleasanter, intrinsically more rewarding and desirable as an activity...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Springer Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Social Indicators Research Journal website
- Volume:
- 101
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 207-213
- Publication date:
- 2011-01-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1573-0921
- ISSN:
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0303-8300
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- Springer Science + Business Media BV
- Copyright date:
- 2010
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