Michal Myck
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Centrum Analiz Ekonomicznych (CenEA) (weight: 95%)
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (weight: 5%)
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- The Effect of Public Pension Wealth on Saving and Expenditure (RePEc:aea:aejpol:v:10:y:2018:i:3:p:284-308)
by Marta Lachowska & Michał Myck - Financial support for families with children and its trade-offs: balancing redistribution and parental work incentives (RePEc:bic:journl:v:13:y:2013:i:2:p:59-83)
by Michal Myck & Anna Kurowska & Michal Kundera - Financial incentives to work in the context of a complex reform package and growing wages: the Polish experience 2005–2011 (RePEc:bic:journl:v:15:y:2015:i:2:p:99-121)
by Michal Myck & Adrian Domitrz & Leszek Morawski & Aneta Semeniuk - The Returns to Academic and Vocational Qualifications in Britain (RePEc:bla:buecrs:v:54:y:2002:i:3:p:249-74)
by Dearden, Lorraine, et al - Employment fluctuations and dynamics of the aggregate average wage in Poland, 1996–20031 (RePEc:bla:etrans:v:15:y:2007:i:4:p:759-779)
by Michał Myck & Leszek Morawski & Jerzy Mycielski - For some mothers more than others (RePEc:bla:etrans:v:24:y:2016:i:4:p:705-725)
by Krzysztof Karbownik & Michał Myck - Shocked by therapy? Unemployment in the first years of the socio‐economic transition in Poland and its long‐term consequences (RePEc:bla:etrans:v:26:y:2018:i:4:p:695-724)
by Michał Myck & Monika Oczkowska - Wages and Ageing: Is There Evidence for the ‘Inverse‐U’ Profile? (RePEc:bla:obuest:v:72:y:2010:i:3:p:282-306)
by Michał Myck - The Returns to Academic and Vocational Qualifications in Britain (RePEc:cep:ceedps:0004)
by Lorraine Dearden & Steven McIntosh & Michal Myck & Anna Vignoles - From Partial to Full Universality: The Family 500+ Programme in Poland and its Labor Supply Implications (RePEc:ces:ifodic:v:17:y:2019:i:03:p:36-44)
by Michał Myck & Kajetan Trzciński - Dynamics of Earnings and Hourly Wages in Germany (RePEc:diw:diwsop:diw_sp139)
by Michal Myck & Richard Ochmann & Salmai Qari - Dynamics of Poor Health and Non-employment (RePEc:diw:diwsop:diw_sp195)
by Peter Haan & Michal Myck - Tax and Benefit Reforms in a Model of Labour Market Transitions (RePEc:diw:diwvjh:75-3-12)
by Michal Myck & Howard Reed - For Some Mothers More than Others: How Children Matter for Labour Market Outcomes When Both Fertility and Female Employment Are Low (RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp1208)
by Krzysztof Karbownik & Michal Myck - Family and Labor Market Choices: Requirements to Guide Effective Evidence-Based Policy (RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp1234)
by Anna Kurowska & Michal Myck & Katharina Wrohlich - Poverty and Transitions in Health (RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp1319)
by Maja Adena & Michal Myck - Data and Model Cross-Validation to Improve Accuracy of Microsimulation Results: Estimates for the Polish Household Budget Survey (RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp1368)
by Michal Myck & Mateusz Najsztub - Employment Fluctuations and Dynamics of the Aggregate Average Wage in Poland 1996 - 2003 (RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp545)
by Michal Myck & Leszek Morawski & Jerzy Mycielski - Apply with Caution: Introducing UK-Style In-work Support in Germany (RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp555)
by Peter Haan & Michal Myck - Tax and Benefit Reforms in a Model of Labour Market Transitions (RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp625)
by Michal Myck & Howard Reed - Wages and Ageing: Is There Evidence for the "Inverse-U Profile"? (RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp724)
by Michal Myck - Dynamics of Earnings and Hourly Wages in Germany (RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp929)
by Michal Myck & Richard Ochmann & Salmai Qari - Dynamics in transitory and permanent variation of wages in Germany (RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:113:y:2011:i:2:p:143-146)
by Myck, Michal & Ochmann, Richard & Qari, Salmai - Temporal discounting in later life (RePEc:eee:jeborg:v:213:y:2023:i:c:p:87-101)
by Kulati, Ellam & Myck, Michał & Pasini, Giacomo - Dynamics of health and labor market risks (RePEc:eee:jhecon:v:28:y:2009:i:6:p:1116-1125)
by Haan, Peter & Myck, Michal - 'Klin'-ing up: Effects of Polish tax reforms on those in and on those out (RePEc:eee:labeco:v:17:y:2010:i:3:p:556-566)
by Morawski, Leszek & Myck, Michal - Sharing the gains of transition: Evaluating changes in income inequality and redistribution in Poland using combined survey and tax return data (RePEc:eee:poleco:v:73:y:2022:i:c:s0176268021001038)
by Brzezinski, Michal & Myck, Michał & Najsztub, Mateusz - Poverty and transitions in health in later life (RePEc:eee:socmed:v:116:y:2014:i:c:p:202-210)
by Adena, Maja & Myck, Michal - Healthier over time? Period effects in health among older Europeans in a step-wise approach to identification (RePEc:eee:socmed:v:297:y:2022:i:c:s0277953622000971)
by Myck, Michał & Oczkowska, Monika - Policy challenges in Germany and Poland: what can we learn from the SHARE data (RePEc:eko:ekoeko:28_24)
by Michał Myck - Unknown item repec:eme:rlec11:s0147-912120230000050016
- Widows' Time: Adjusting to Loss (RePEc:eme:rleczz:s0147-912120230000050016)
by Daniel S. Hamermesh & Michał Myck & Monika Oczkowska - Alternative tax-benefit strategies to support children in Poland (RePEc:ese:emodwp:em3-08)
by Morawski, Leszek & Levy, Horacio & Myck, Michal - Evaluating the Move to a Linear Tax System in Germany and Other European Countries (RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00279206)
by Denis Beninger & Olivier Bargain & Miriam Beblo & Richard Blundell & Raquel Carrasco & Marie-Concetta Chiuri & François Laisney & Valérie Lechene & Ernesto Longobardi & Nicolas Moreau & Michal Myck & - Collective Models of Labor Supply with Nonconvex Budget Sets and Nonparticipation: A Calibration Approach (RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00279207)
by Frédéric Vermeulen & Olivier Bargain & Miriam Beblo & Denis Beninger & Richard Blundell & Raquel Carrasco & Marie-Concetta Chiuri & Francois Laisney & Valérie Lechene & Nicolas Moreau & Michal Myck & - The Working Families' Tax Credit and some European tax reforms in a collectice setting (RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00279209)
by Michal Myck & Olivier Bargain & Miriam Beblo & Denis Beninger & Richard Blundell & Raquel Carrasco & Marie-Concetta Chiuri & Francois Laisney & Valerie Lechene & Ernesto Longobardi & Nicolas Moreau & - Does the representation of the household behavior matter for welfare analysis of tax-benefit policies ? (RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00279212)
by Olivier Bargain & Miriam Beblo & Denis Beninger & Richard Blundell & Raquel Carrasco & Marie-Concetta Chiuri & Francois Laisney & Valérie Lechene & Nicolas Moreau & Michal Myck & Javier Ruiz-Castillo - Multi-family households in a labour supply model: a calibration method with application to Poland (RePEc:hal:journl:hal-00709556)
by Peter Haan & Michal Myck - Does the representation of household behavior matter for welfare analysis of tax-benefit policies? An introduction Approach (RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01691939)
by Nicolas Moreau & Olivier Bargain & Myriam Beblo & Denis Beninger & Richard Blundell & Raquel Carrasco & Concetta Chiuri Maria & François Laisney & Valérie Lechene & Michal Myck & Javier Ruiz-Castillo - Collective Models of Labor Supply with Non-convex Budget Sets and Non-Participation: A Calibration Approach (RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01691945)
by Nicolas Moreau & Olivier Bargain & Myriam Beblo & Denis Beninger & Richard Blundell & Raquel Carrasco & Concetta Chiuri Maria & François Laisney & Valérie Lechene & Michal Myck & Javier Ruiz-Castillo - The Working Families' Tax Credit and some European tax reforms in a collective setting (RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01691948)
by Nicolas Moreau & Olivier Bargain & Myriam Beblo & Denis Beninger & Richard Blundell & Raquel Carrasco & Concetta Chiuri Maria & François Laisney & Valérie Lechene & Michal Myck & Javier Ruiz-Castillo - Tax-Benefit Reforms in Europe: the Choice of the Representation of Household Decision Processes Does Matter (RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01691951)
by Nicolas Moreau & Olivier Bargain & Myriam Beblo & Denis Beninger & Richard Blundell & Raquel Carrasco & Concetta Chiuri Maria & François Laisney & Valérie Lechene & Michal Myck & Javier Ruiz-Castillo - Mommies’ Girls Get Dresses, Daddies’ Boys Get Toys. Gender Preferences in Poland and their Implications (RePEc:hhs:uulswp:2011_022)
by Karbownik, Krzysztof & Myck, Michal - For some mothers more than others: how children matter for labour market outcomes when both fertility and female employment are low (RePEc:hhs:uulswp:2012_017)
by Karbownik, Krzysztof & Myck, Michal - Mommies’ Girls Get Dresses, Daddies’ Boys Get Toys. Gender Preferences in Poland and their Implications (RePEc:hhs:uunewp:2011_020)
by Karbownik, Krzysztof & Myck, Michal - For some mothers more than others: how children matter for labour market outcomes when both fertility and female employment are low (RePEc:hhs:uunewp:2012_015)
by Karbownik, Krzysztof & Myck, Michal - Apply with Caution: Introducing UK-Style In-Work Support in Germany (RePEc:ifs:fistud:v:28:y:2007:i:1:p:43-72)
by Peter Haan & Michal Myck - The role of employment experience in explaining the gender wage gap (RePEc:ifs:ifsewp:01/18)
by Michal Myck & Gillian Paull - The role of employment experience in explaining the gender wage gap (RePEc:ifs:ifsewp:04/16)
by Michal Myck & Gillian Paull - A review of static and dynamic models of labour supply and labour market transitions (RePEc:ifs:ifsewp:06/15)
by Michal Myck & Howard Reed - 'Klin'-ing up: effects of Polish tax reforms on those in and on those out (RePEc:ifs:ifsewp:08/12)
by Leszek Morawski & Michal Myck - Data and Model Cross-validation to Improve Accuracy of Microsimulation Results: Estimates for the Polish Household Budget Survey (RePEc:ijm:journl:v:8:y:2015:i:1:p:33-66)
by Michal Myck & Mateusz Najsztub - Economic Consequences of Political Persecution (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp11136)
by Bohacek, Radim & Myck, Michal - Shocked by Therapy? Unemployment in the First Years of the Socio-Economic Transition in Poland and its Long-Term Consequences (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp11342)
by Myck, Michal & Oczkowska, Monika - Policy in the Pipeline: Identifying Regional Public Investment Priorities Using a Natural Experiment (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp12220)
by Myck, Michal & Najsztub, Mateusz - Implications of the Polish 1999 Administrative Reform for Regional Socio-Economic Development (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp12222)
by Myck, Michal & Najsztub, Mateusz - Reevaluating Distributional Consequences of the Transition to Market Economy in Poland: New Results from Combined Household Survey and Tax Return Data (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp12734)
by Brzeziński, Michał & Myck, Michal & Najsztub, Mateusz - Gender Preferences in Central and Eastern Europe as Reflected in Partnership and Fertility Outcomes (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp14244)
by Myck, Michal & Oczkowska, Monika & Wowczko, Izabela - Widows' Time, Time Stress and Happiness: Adjusting to Loss (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp14343)
by Hamermesh, Daniel S. & Myck, Michal & Oczkowska, Monika - Home Alone: Widows' Well-Being and Time (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp14881)
by Adena, Maja & Hamermesh, Daniel S. & Myck, Michal & Oczkowska, Monika - Income Tax Policy in Europe between Two Crises: From the Great Recession to the COVID-19 Pandemic (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp15302)
by Myck, Michal & Trzciński, Kajetan - Homeownership and the Perception of Material Security in Old Age (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp15495)
by Garten, Claudius & Myck, Michal & Oczkowska, Monika - Temporal Discounting in Later Life (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp15643)
by Kulati, Ellam & Myck, Michal & Pasini, Giacomo - Employment Fluctuations and Dynamics of the Aggregate Average Wage in Poland 1996-2003 (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp2456)
by Myck, Michal & Morawski, Leszek & Mycielski, Jerzy - Wages and Ageing: Is There Evidence for the "Inverse-U" Profile? (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp2983)
by Myck, Michal - As SIMPL As That: Introducing a Tax-Benefit Microsimulation Model for Poland (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp2988)
by Bargain, Olivier & Morawski, Leszek & Myck, Michal & Socha, Mieczyslaw - Safety Net Still in Transition: Labour Market Incentive Effects of Extending Social Support in Poland (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp3157)
by Haan, Peter & Myck, Michal - Multi-Family Households in a Labour Supply Model: A Calibration Method with Application to Poland (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp3611)
by Haan, Peter & Myck, Michal - 'Klin'-ing Up: Effects of Polish Tax Reforms on Those In and on Those Out (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp3746)
by Morawski, Leszek & Myck, Michal - Dynamics of Earnings and Hourly Wages in Germany (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp3751)
by Myck, Michal & Ochmann, Richard & Qari, Salmai - Dynamics of Poor Health and Non-Employment (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp4154)
by Haan, Peter & Myck, Michal - Count Your Hours: Returns to Education in Poland (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp4332)
by Myck, Michal & Nici?ska, Anna & Morawski, Leszek - Poorer Health – Shorter Hours? Health and Flexibility of Hours of Work (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp5169)
by Geyer, Johannes & Myck, Michal - Long Shadows of History: Persecution in Central Europe and Its Labor Market Consequences (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp6130)
by Myck, Michal & Bohacek, Radim - Mommies' Girls Get Dresses, Daddies' Boys Get Toys: Gender Preferences in Poland and their Implications (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp6232)
by Karbownik, Krzysztof & Myck, Michal - Family and Labor Market Choices: Requirements to Guide Effective Evidence-Based Policy (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp6846)
by Kurowska, Anna & Myck, Michal & Wrohlich, Katharina - For Some Mothers More Than Others: How Children Matter for Labour Market Outcomes When Both Fertility and Female Employment Are Low (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp6933)
by Karbownik, Krzysztof & Myck, Michal - Financial Support for Families with Children and its Trade-offs: Balancing Redistribution and Parental Work Incentives (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp7506)
by Myck, Michal & Kurowska, Anna & Kundera, Micha? - Poverty and Transitions in Health (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp7532)
by Adena, Maja & Myck, Michal - The Effect of Public Pension Wealth on Saving and Expenditure (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp8895)
by Lachowska, Marta & Myck, Michal - Making Work Pay: Increasing Labour Supply of Secondary Earners in Low Income Families with Children (RePEc:iza:izadps:dp9531)
by Kurowska, Anna & Myck, Michal & Wrohlich, Katharina - Who gets to look nice and who gets to play? Effects of child gender on household expenditures (RePEc:kap:reveho:v:15:y:2017:i:3:d:10.1007_s11150-016-9328-y)
by Krzysztof Karbownik & Michal Myck - Collective Models of Labor Supply with Nonconvex Budget Sets and Nonparticipation: A Calibration Approach (RePEc:kap:reveho:v:4:y:2006:i:2:p:113-127)
by Frederic Vermeulen & Olivier Bargain & Miriam Beblo & Denis Beninger & Richard Blundell & Raquel Carrasco & Maria-Concetta Chiuri & François Laisney & Valérie Lechene & Nicolas Moreau & Michal Myck & - The Working Families’ Tax Credit and Some European Tax Reforms in A Collective Setting (RePEc:kap:reveho:v:4:y:2006:i:2:p:129-158)
by Michal Myck & Olivier Bargain & Miriam Beblo & Denis Beninger & Richard Blundell & Raquel Carrasco & Maria-Concetta Chiuri & François Laisney & Valérie Lechene & Ernesto Longobardi & Nicolas Moreau & - Evaluating the Move to a Linear Tax System in Germany and Other European Countries (RePEc:kap:reveho:v:4:y:2006:i:2:p:159-180)
by Denis Beninger & Olivier Bargain & Miriam Beblo & Richard Blundell & Raquel Carrasco & Maria-Concetta Chiuri & François Laisney & Valérie Lechene & Ernesto Longobardi & Nicolas Moreau & Michal Myck & - Does the Representation of Household Behavior Matter for Welfare Analysis of Tax-benefit Policies? An Introduction (RePEc:kap:reveho:v:4:y:2006:i:2:p:99-111)
by Olivier Bargain & Miriam Beblo & Denis Beninger & Richard Blundell & Raquel Carrasco & Maria-Concetta Chiuri & François Laisney & Valérie Lechene & Nicolas Moreau & Michal Myck & Javier Ruiz-Castillo - Persecution in Central Europe and its Consequences on the Lives of SHARE Respondents (RePEc:mea:meawpa:10233)
by Bohacek, Radim & Myck, Michał - Poverty and transitions in health (RePEc:mea:meawpa:201308)
by Adena, Maja & Myck, Michal - Unknown item repec:nbp:journl:v:41:y:2010:i:3:p:5-34
- Safety net still in transition: labour market incentive effects of social support in Poland and Germany (RePEc:nbp:nbpbik:v:41:y:2010:i:3:p:5-34)
by Peter Haan & Michal Myck - Widows’ Time, Time Stress and Happiness: Adjusting to Loss (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:28752)
by Daniel S. Hamermesh & Michał Myck & Monika Oczkowska - Taxes and Transfers 1997--2001 (RePEc:oup:oxford:v:18:y:2002:i:2:p:187-201)
by Tom Clark & Andrew Dilnot & Alissa Goodman & Michal Myck - Employment in Poland 2011 - Poverty and jobs (RePEc:pra:mprapa:50185)
by Magda, Iga & Bukowski, Maciej & Buchholz, Sonia & Lewandowski, Piotr & Chrostek, Paweł & Kamińska, Agnieszka & Lis, Maciej & Potoczna, Monika & Myck, Michał & Kundera, Michał & Oczkowska, Monika - Home alone: Widows' Well-Being and Time (RePEc:rco:dpaper:371)
by Maja Adena & Daniel Hamermesh & Michal Myck & Monika Oczkowska - Labor market externalities of pre-retirement employment protection (RePEc:ris:mfplwp:0041)
by Chrostek, Paweł & Karbownik, Krzystof & Myck, Michał - More for less: What tax system for Poland? (RePEc:sec:mbanks:0150)
by Stanis³aw Gomu³ka & Jaros³aw Neneman & Micha³ Myck - The Polish Deal: The economic consequences of the proposed new tax system (RePEc:sec:mbanks:0170)
by Ewa Balcerowicz & Michał Myck & Joanna Tyrowicz & Paweł Wojciechowski & Kajetan Trzciński - Home Alone: Widows’ Well-Being and Time (RePEc:spr:jhappi:v:24:y:2023:i:2:d:10.1007_s10902-023-00622-w)
by Maja Adena & Daniel Hamermesh & Michał Myck & Monika Oczkowska - Multi-family households in a labour supply model: a calibration method with application to Poland (RePEc:taf:applec:44:y:2012:i:22:p:2907-2919)
by Peter Haan & Michał Myck - Lights along the frontier: convergence of economic activity in the proximity of the Polish-German border, 1992–2012 (RePEc:taf:applec:v:53:y:2021:i:36:p:4245-4262)
by Ronny Freier & Michal Myck & Mateusz Najsztub - Evaluating the move to a linear tax system in Germany and other European countries (RePEc:tiu:tiutis:6de42f6d-75fb-4170-ab69-714731a90420)
by Bargain, O. & Beblo, M. & Beninger, D. & Blundell, R. & Carrasco, R. & Chiuri, M-C. & Laisney, F. & Lechene, V. & Moreau, N. & Myck, M. & Ruiz-castillo, J. & Vermeulen, F.M.P. - Does the representation of household behavior matter for welfare analysis of tax-benefit policies? An introduction (RePEc:tiu:tiutis:70a5784b-4a23-4a6e-9a2a-525004a46f38)
by Bargain, O. & Beblo, M. & Beninger, D. & Blundell, R. & Carrasco, R. & Chiuri, M-C. & Laisney, F. & Lechene, V. & Moreau, N. & Myck, M. & Ruiz-castillo, J. & Vermeulen, F.M.P. - Collective models of labor supply with nonconvex budget sets and nonparticipation : A calibration approach (RePEc:tiu:tiutis:8dec6b88-3dce-460f-ab9b-29a47a1ce9c0)
by Vermeulen, F.M.P. & Bargain, O. & Beblo, M. & Beninger, D. & Blundell, R. & Carrasco, R. & Chiuri, M-C. & Laisney, F. & Lechene, V. & Moreau, N. & Myck, M. & Ruiz-castillo, J. - The working families' tax credit and some European tax reforms in a collective setting (RePEc:tiu:tiutis:e23ff05d-2802-4c28-9d42-61acb2f21d3d)
by Bargain, O. & Beblo, M. & Beninger, D. & Blundell, R. & Carrasco, R. & Chiuri, M-C. & Laisney, F. & Lechene, V. & Longobardi, E. & Moreau, N. & Myck, M. & Ruiz-castillo, J. & Vermeulen, F.M.P. - The Effect of Public Pension Wealth on Saving and Expenditure (RePEc:upj:weupjo:15-223)
by Marta Lachowska & Michal Myck - The Effect of Public Pension Wealth on Saving and Expenditure (RePEc:upj:weupjo:ml18)
by Marta Lachowska & Michal Myck - Reevaluating distributional consequences of the transition to market economy in Poland: new results from combined household survey and tax return data (RePEc:war:wpaper:2019-18)
by Michał Brzeziński & Michał Myck & Mateusz Najsztub - Fiscal Policy Effects on Poverty and Inequality in Cambodia (RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:10570)
by Karamba,R. Wendy & Myck,Michal & Trzcinski,Kajetan Wladyslaw & Tong,Kimsun - Implications of the Polish 1999 administrative reform for regional socio‐economic development (RePEc:wly:ectrin:v:28:y:2020:i:4:p:559-579)
by Michał Myck & Mateusz Najsztub - Parental gender preferences in Central and Eastern Europe and differential early life disadvantages (RePEc:wly:ectrin:v:32:y:2024:i:1:p:237-263)
by Michał Myck & Monika Oczkowska & Izabela Wowczko - Making work pay: increasing labour supply of secondary earners in low income families with children (RePEc:wyz:journl:id:498)
by Anna Kurowska & Michał Myck & Katharina Wrohlich - Material deprivation items in SHARE Wave 5 data: a contribution to a better understanding of differences in material conditions in later life (RePEc:zbw:espost:232280)
by Adena, Maja & Myck, Michal & Oczkowska, Monika - Home Alone: Widows’ Well-Being and Time (RePEc:zbw:espost:268869)
by Adena, Maja & Hamermesh, Daniel & Myck, Michał & Oczkowska, Monika - Poverty and transitions in health (RePEc:zbw:wzbeoc:spii2013307)
by Adena, Maja & Myck, Michal - Home alone: Widows' well-being and time (RePEc:zbw:wzbeoc:spii2021305)
by Adena, Maja & Hamermesh, Daniel S. & Myck, Michał & Oczkowska, Monika