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Commuting time and household responsibilities : evidence using propensity score matching
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto - 2015
The growth in women's participation in the labor force has attracted attention to the gender differences in commuting behavior, and to their implications. This study analyses the relationship between individual commuting behavior and household responsibilities, with a focus on gender differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010472521
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Extended income inequality and poverty dynamics of labour market and household activities : a ten years microanalysis with the German socio-economic panel
Merz, Joachim; Kirsten, Dagmar - 1998
Labour market dynamics according the individual working hour tension (preferred working hours minus actual working hours) of active people with focus on the self-employed, as professions and entrepreneurs, and employees are investigated in our study. The individual longitudinal analysis based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009674603
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Differences in Us-German Time Allocation : Why Do Americans Work Longer Hours than Germans?
Schettkat, Ronald - 2021
The conventional view is that Americans work longer hours than Germans and other Europeans but when time in household production is included, overall working time is very similar on both sides of the Atlantic. Americans spend more time on market work but German invest more in household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320091
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The gender gap in time allocation in Europe
Gimenez-Nadal, José 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248993
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Extended Income Inequality and Poverty Dynamics of Labour Market and Household Activities a Ten Years Microanalysis with the German Socio-Economic Panel
Merz, Joachim - 2014
Labour market dynamics according the individual working hour tension (preferred working hours minus actual working hours) of active people with focus on the self-employed, as professions and entrepreneurs, and employees are investigated in our study. The individual longitudinal analysis based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207261
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Market Work, Home Production, Consumer Demand and Unemployment Among the Unskilled
Lührmann, Melanie; Weiss, Matthias - 2014
(leisure) time. In consequence, home production is reduced in favor of outsourcing domestic tasks to the market, shifting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014210825
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Employment polarization in Germany : role of technology, trade and human capital
Consoli, Davide; Roy, Ipsita - 2015
Building on the canonical model of skill-biased technical change to incorporate differential effects of technology and international trade on the skill composition of occupations, the paper employs a task-based approach to analyze structural changes in regional employment within a rich...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392588
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Making dough or baking dough? : spousal housework responsibilities in Germany, 1992 - 2011
Procher, Vivien; Ritter, Nolan; Vance, Colin - 2014
Drawing on German household data from 1992 to 2011, this paper analyzes how couples allocate housework against the … - influence his or her contribution to housework? (2) If so, does the magnitude of this influence differ by gender? and (3) How … important are traditional gender roles on housework allocation? We address these issues by applying a panel quantile regression …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010254311
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Why work more? : the impact of taxes, and culture of leisure on labor supply in Europe
Mocan, Naci; Pogorelova, Luiza - 2015
We use micro data from the European Social Survey to investigate the impact of “culture of leisure” and taxes on labor …. We construct measures of "taste for leisure" in the country of origin of each immigrant father. We employ average and … leisure impact participation and hours worked. For men, taxes influence labor supply both at the intensive and the extensive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309018
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Income or leisure? : on the hidden benefits of (un-)employment
Chadi, Adrian; Hetschko, Clemens - 2017 - This version: August 8, 2017
We study the usually assumed trade-off between income and leisure in labor supply decisions using comprehensive German … benefit of employment. Finally, we examine subjective assessments of income and leisure as potential predictors for job take …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011717715