home production and labor supply. Time costs are computed in terms of hours of foregone leisure. The model accounts for … selection into full-time employment and controls for use of hired childcare workers. We find that the foregone leisure cost of …%. -- children ; time costs ; leisure …

externalities in leisure. In this study, we investigate how retirement affects the hours of leisure together of individuals in a … couple. Exploiting the law on retirement age in France, we use a regression discontinuity approach to identify the causal … effect of retirement on hours of leisure separate and together of individuals in a couple. We find that the retirement …

leisure increased most in France and least in the U.S. Contrary to what standard theory predicts, home hours changed … comparatively little. We show that the growth model with home production can account for the patterns in France and the U.S. if we …