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Toward a 24-Hour Economy: Implications for the Temporal Structure and Functioning of Family Life

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Presser, H.B. (2007). Toward a 24-Hour Economy: Implications for the Temporal Structure and Functioning of Family Life. In: Ages, Generations and the Social Contract. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5973-5_15

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