We study the allocation of time in the U.S. and in Europe during 1960-2010. We find that market hours decreased and 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...

We document for the US and Continental Europe that home-production time remained essentially flat during the last 50 years while changes in market time and leisure offset each other. We then focus on the US and France during 1970-2005 which are on the opposite sides of the spectrum: while US...

We study the allocation of time in the U.S. and in Europe during 1960-2010. We find that market hours decreased and 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...