Journal of Labor Economics Vol. 27 No. 1 2009
Work and Leisure: A History of Ideas
Abstract
This paper reexamines an old question: what is work and why do we do it? A straightforward ’economic ’ answer is that work is any time activity for which we receive a positive wage, but this begs the question which activities command a positive wage. Now the answer depends on market level considerations such
- DOI
- 10.1086/596993
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-20
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref