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Leisure Inequality in the United States: 1965-2003
Sevilla, Almudena; Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio; Gershuny, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
) and constructs three classes of indicators that capture the quality of leisure ('pure leisure', 'co-present leisure' and … 'leisure fragmentation') to show that the relative growth in leisure time enjoyed by less-educated individuals documented in … previous studies has been accompanied by a relative decrease in the quality of that leisure time. These results are not driven …
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Nobody to Play With? The Implications of Leisure Coordination
Jenkins, Stephen P.; Osberg, Lars - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
utility derived from leisure time often benefits from the presence of companionable others inside and outside the household … propensities to engage in associative activity depend on the availability of Suitable Leisure Companions outside the household. Our …
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Joint Leisure Before and After Retirement: A Double Regression Discontinuity Approach
Stancanelli, Elena G. F.; van Soest, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
externalities in leisure. In this study, we investigate how retirement affects the hours of leisure together of individuals in a … effect of retirement on hours of leisure separate and together of individuals in a couple. We find that the retirement … retirement of the husband significantly increases own hours of leisure of the husband but it does not increase joint leisure …
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You Can’t Be Happier than Your Wife: Happiness Gaps and Divorce
Guven, Cahit; Senik, Claudia; Stichnoth, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper asks whether the gap in subjective happiness between spouses matters per se, i.e. whether it predicts divorce. We use three panel databases to explore this question. Controlling for the level of life satisfaction of spouses, we find that a higher satisfaction gap, even in the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008514856
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Unemployment, Market Work and Household Production
Burda, Michael C.; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
additional leisure and personal maintenance, not in increased household production. There is no relation between unemployment … duration and the split of time between household production and leisure. U.S. data for 2003-2006 show that almost none of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822666
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Measuring the Relative Productivity of Multitasking to Sole-tasking in Household Production: New Experimental Evidence
Foster, Gigi; Kalenkoski, Charlene M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We present a household production model that incorporates multitasking and results from a customized experiment designed to measure the individual-specific productivity parameters from this model. We observe these productivity parameters under alternative incentive scenarios, designed to mimic...
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Married with Children: A Collective Labor Supply Model with Detailed Time Use and Intrahousehold Expenditure Information
Cherchye, Laurens; De Rock, Bram; Vermeulen, Frederic - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
, Chiappori and Meghir (2005). In our model, adults' individual preferences do not only depend on own leisure and individual …
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How to Think About Time-Use Data: What Inferences Can We Make About Long- and Short-Run Time Use from Time Diaries?
Frazis, Harley; Stewart, Jay - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Time-use researchers are typically interested in the time use of individuals, but time use data are samples of person-days. Given day-to-day variation in how people spend their time, this distinction is analytically important. We examine the conditions necessary to make inferences about the time...
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Racial Discrimination and Household Chores
Grossbard, Shoshana; Giménez, José Ignacio; Molina, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We make the novel argument that time spent on household chores can possibly reflect racial discrimination based on color. Our model, based on Becker's theory of allocation of time and his theory of marriage, recognizes that both intra-household bargaining and hedonic marriage markets operating...
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Birth Order and Child Outcomes: Does Maternal Quality Time Matter?
Monfardini, Chiara; See, Sarah Grace - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Higher birth order positions are often associated with poorer outcomes, possibly due to fewer resources received within the household. Using a sample of PSID-CDS children, we investigate whether the birth order effects in their outcomes are due to unequal allocation of the particular resource...
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