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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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A Wage-Efficiency Spatial Model for US Self-Employed Workers
Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2016
leisure and effort at work are complementary. We develop a spatial model of self-employment in which effort at work and … commuting are negatively related, and thus the probability of self-employment decreases with "expected" commuting time. We use … metropolitan areas in the US, focusing on the relationship between commuting time and the probability of self-employment. Our …
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Spatial Distribution of US Employment in an Urban Wage-Efficiency Setting
Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2016
relationship between individual earnings and commuting and leisure. Our empirical results show that employment is mostly …-efficiency background, where leisure and effort at work are complementary. Using data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) for the … concentrated in metropolitan cores, and that earnings increase with "expected" commuting time, which gives empirical support to our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479238
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Policies to support women’s paid work
Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
Engaging in paid work is generally difficult for women in developing countries. Many women work unpaid in family businesses or on farms, are engaged in low-income self-employment activities, or work in low-paid wage employment. In some countries, vocational training or grants for starting a...
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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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Evidence on unemployment, market work and household production
Burda, Michael C.; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2009
represent additional leisure and personal maintenance rather than increased household production. U.S. data for 2003-2006 show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270733
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Total work, gender and social norms
Burda, Michael C.; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Weil, Philippe - 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 there is no difference-men...
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Time-bound opportunity costs of informal care: Consequences for access to professional care, caregiver support, and labour supply estimates
Hassink, Wolter; van den Berg, Bernard - 2011
Patterns of informal care are documented throughout the day with Dutch time use diary data. The diary data enable us to identify a, so far overlooked, source of opportunity costs of informal care, i.e. the necessity to perform particular tasks of informal care at specific moments of the day....
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On within-couple time allocation: Gendered disparities in paid work and housework in Europe
Tverdostup, Maryna; Sabouniha, Alireza - 2024
This paper aims to pursue a deeper understanding of gendered within-couple allocation of time into paid work and housework in heterosexual dual-earner couples. Relying on the second wave of Harmonised European Time Use Survey (HETUS) data for 10 European countries, we estimate spousal relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014564022
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The Gender Gap in Time Allocation in Europe
Gimenez-Nadal, J. Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto - 2020
This article explores the gender gap in time allocation in Europe, offering up-to-date statistics and information on several factors that may help to explain these differences. Prior research has identified several factors affecting the time individuals devote to paid work, unpaid work, and...
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