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Patterns of Time Use among Older People
Ferranna, Maddalena; Sevilla, J.P.; Zucker, Leo; Bloom, … - 2022
work, leisure, and personal care. We emphasize differences in time allocation between older (i.e., those aged 65+) and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351766
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Natural Resources, Demand for Skills, and Schooling Choices
Bütikofer, Aline; Dalla-Zuanna, Antonio; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2023
This paper studies the consequences of the buildup of a new economic sector—the Norwegian petroleum industry—on investment in human capital. We assess both short-term and long-term effects for a broad set of educational margins, by comparing individuals in regions exposed to the new sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377189
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Unemployment, market work and household production
Burda, Michael C.; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 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/10010269324
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Total Work, Gender and Social Norms
Burda, Michael; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Weil, Philippe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Using time-diary data from 25 countries, we demonstrate that there is a negative relationship between real GDP per capita and the female-male difference in total work time per day - the sum of work for pay and work at home. In rich northern countries on four continents, including the United...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761744
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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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Parental Disability and Teenagers' Time Allocation
Kalenkoski, Charlene M.; Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff - 2021
Using the 2003–2019 American Time Use Survey, we examine how living with a parent who has a work-limiting disability is … market work, pet care, and leisure. For boys, living with a disabled parent is associated with less time spent sleeping. In … economic mobility by parental-disability status. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012597562
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Institutions, social norms, and bargaining power: an analysis of individual leisure time in couple households
Gupta, Nabanita Datta; Stratton, Leslie Sundt - 2008
posit that leisure time will be more sensitive to power considerations than housework time which may be more influenced by … supportive of these hypotheses, with leisure time on non-work days in the US being particularly responsive to economic power. In … enjoy more leisure time than would be suggested by their economic power alone. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276860
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With or without you: Divorce rates and intra-household allocation of time
Tabasso, Domenico - 2010
This paper investigates the relationship between the probability of divorce and marriage specific investments. As these investments in terms of childcare and household activities are likely to increase the marital surplus, they are consequently likely to decrease the risk of divorce. All such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278437
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It's About Time: Effects of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate on Time Use
Colman, Gregory; Dave, Dhaval M. - 2016
One of the main purposes of recent healthcare reform (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - ACA) in the U.S. is to enable Americans to make more productive use of their time. We examine how the ACA's dependent care coverage mandate (DCM) affected young adults' time allocation. Based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479228
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Nobody to Play With? The Implications of Leisure Coordination
Jenkins, Stephen P.; Osberg, Lars - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261578