Several countries are considering extending Daylight Saving Time (DST) in order to conserve energy, and the U.S. will …-experiment in which parts of Australia extended DST in 2000 to facilitate the Sydney Olympics. Using detailed panel data and a … model overstates electricity savings when it is applied to Australia. …

outcomes deteriorated as full-time employment population ratios fell, particularly among males; unemployment and welfare use … use ; institutional reform ; Australia …

fractions of work are performed at night and on weekends. -- Labor demand ; time use ; wage penalty …

In this paper we formulate and investigate experimentally a model of how individuals choose between time sequences of … association between 'irrational' choices. -- time preference ; time sequences ; negative discounting …

Eating requires the food materials that make up meals and also time devoted to buying food, preparing meals and eating … them, and cleaning up afterwards. Using time-diary and expenditure data for the U.S. for 1985 and 2003, I examine how … income and time prices affect time and goods inputs into this household-produced commodity. Focusing on these two years …

coordinating work schedules across a large country -- that can alter timing. Using the American Time Use Survey for 2003 and 2004 … exogenous shock to time in one area leads its residents to alter their work schedules to coordinate more closely with people … elsewhere. We then show that both television timing and the benefits of coordinating across time zones in the U.S. generally …

Using the 2006-07 American Time Use Survey and its Eating and Health Module, I show that over half of adult Americans … report grazing (secondary eating/drinking) on a typical day, with grazing time almost equaling primary eating/drinking time …. An economic model predicts that higher wage rates (price of time) will lead to substitution of grazing for primary eating …

"Differences in employment protection across countries appear to be quite persistent over time. One mechanism that …