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Calibrating Stylised Time Estimates Using UK Diary Data

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    Man Yee Kan & Jonathan Gershuny

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Kan, M.Y., Gershuny, J. Calibrating Stylised Time Estimates Using UK Diary Data. Soc Indic Res 93, 239–243 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-008-9365-x

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