Beginning in 1965 Nobel Laureate Gary Becker realized that shadow prices, which reflect the value of one's time, may be … at least as important as money prices. Implications of his resulting theory of time allocation were not tested until much … later when governments began to collect extensive data on how individuals utilized their time. Time Use in Economics …

1. Introduction -- 2. Working-time transitions in Sweden -- 3. Regulating working-time transitions in Germany -- 4 … working-time arrangements in seven European countries. It examines the extent to which social integration through transitional …. Negotiated flexibility, working-time and transitions in the Netherlands -- 5. Working times in France : institutional methods of …