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Multitasking is an inevitable part of everyday life. Perhaps it is most evident in the context of child care, where adults frequently look after children while also doing other things such as cooking or cleaning. Yet, far more broadly, most people in modern societies are engaged in simultaneous activities for a large fraction of their waking hours—the layperson’s definition of multitasking.
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Kalenkoski, C.M., Foster, G. (2016). Introduction: The Economics of Multitasking. In: Kalenkoski, C.M., Foster, G. (eds) The Economics of Multitasking. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137381446_1
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