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Synchronous Leisure, Jointness and Household Labor Supply [PDF]

This paper examines the synchronous leisure of spouses and the extent to which spouses spend time together. The time budget data set used in this paper allows for a distinction between simultaneous time-use of spouses and the actual time that spouses ...
Hallberg, Daniel
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The importance of both setting and intensity of physical activity in relation to non-clinical anxiety and depression [PDF]

, 2007
Physical activity is associated with good physical and mental health. Current recommendations suggest that people should achieve 30 minutes of moderate-intensity activity most days of the week to gain health benefits.
Bernaards C M, Biddle S JH, Biddle S JH, Camacho T C, Clark A, Cooper-Patrick L, Department of Health, Der G, Dong W, Dunn A, Dunn A L, Ecob R, Farmer M, Goldberg D P, Kearney J M, Kritz-Silverstein D, Lawlor D A, Lawlor D A, Macintyre S, Mobily K E, Moses J, Moti R W, Mutrie N, OPCS, Paffenbarger R S, Pate R R, Schnohr P, Seligman M EP, Snaith R P, Strawbridge W J, Thorsen L, US Department of Health and Human Services, Van Gool C H, Weyerer S, World Health Organisation   +34 more
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Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people's aspirations have been the focus of many educational, sociological and psychological studies. This paper argues, firstly, that the concept of aspirations holds greater generative potential than suggested by the policy‐oriented ‘aspiration discourse’.
Jelena Popov
wiley   +1 more source

Leisure time and labor productivity: a new economic view rooted from sociological perspective

Economics: Journal Articles, 2019
Most economists measure labor productivity based on activities conducted at places of work and do not consider leisure time in their calculations. In contrast, psychologists and sociologists argue that leisure has a positive role in the production ...
Cui Dan, Wei Xiang, Wu Dianting, Cui Nana, Nijkamp Peter   +4 more
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Keeping in touch – A benefit of public holidays using time use diary data [PDF]

This paper argues that public holidays facilitate the co-ordination of leisure time but do not constrain the annual amount of leisure. Public holidays therefore have benefits both in the utility of leisure on holidays and (by enabling people to maintain ...
Joachim Merz, Lars Osberg
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Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
wiley   +1 more source

Leisure-time physical activity in youth as a predictor of adult leisure physical activity among Japanese workers: a cross-sectional study

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 2017
Background Workers in Japan are not sufficiently active; however, it remains unclear how their leisure-time physical activity habits may be developed. This cross-sectional study investigated the relationship of age- and intensity-specific leisure-time ...
Hiroaki Itoh, Fumihiko Kitamura, Noriko Hagi, Tomoe Mashiko, Takehisa Matsukawa, Kazuhito Yokoyama   +5 more
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Contrasting roles of school and public libraries in lower primary pupils' reading

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Libraries represent an important institutional component of children's reading socialisation, yet their role is often treated as uniform despite substantial differences between school and public libraries. This study examines how visits to school and public libraries relate to pupils' reading attitudes, practices and self‐assessed reading ...
Kateřina Balcarová, Jiří Balcar
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LEISURE TIME PHYSICAL INACTIVITY AMONG BRAZILIAN RAGPICKERS

Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física e Saúde, 2012
Ragpickers are informal workers who collect recyclable materials to earn a small wage.Their life and working conditions are extremely difficult. We examined leisure time physicalinactivity (PI) among a cohort of ragpickers in Pelotas, a city in southern ...
Marcelo Cozzensa da Silva, Anaclaudia Gastal Fassa, David Kriebel   +2 more
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Indeterminacy in Two-Sector Models of Endogenous Growth with Leisure [PDF]

This paper demonstrates that preference structure may play a pivotal role in generating indeterminacy in the stylized model of endogenous growth. By examining two-sector models of endogenous growth with human capital formation, we show that if the ...
Mino, Kazuo
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