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Weather conditions and physical activity : insights for climate emergency policies

Belloc, Ignacio; Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, … - 2024

This study explores the link between daily weather conditions and individual engagement in physical activities within … the context of the climate emergency. Using ATUS data from 2003-2022, alongside detailed daily-county weather data, the … physical activity across varying weather conditions amid the ongoing climate emergency. …

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Maybe next month? : temperature shocks, climate change, and dynamic adjustments in birth rates

Barreca, Alan I.; Deschênes, Olivier; Guldi, Melanie - 2015

effects of temperature shocks on birth rates in the United States between 1931 and 2010. Our innovative approach allows for … fertility cost of temperature shocks by shifting conception month. This dynamic adjustment helps explain the observed decline in … on our analysis of historical changes in the temperature-fertility relationship, we conclude air conditioning could be …

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Secondary childcare in the ATUS : what does it measure?

Stewart, Jay Charles; Allard, Mary Dorinda - 2015

Unlike most of the earlier U.S. time-use surveys, the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) does not collect information on secondary activities. It does, however, include a set of questions asking respondents to identify times when a child under 13 was "in your care." The goal of these questions is...

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The summer drop in female employment

Price, Brendan M.; Wasserman, Melanie - 2022

We provide the first systematic account of summer declines in women's labor market activity. From May to July, the employment-to-population ratio among prime-age US women declines by 1.1 percentage points, whereas male employment rises; women's total hours worked fall by 11 percent, twice the...

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Temperature and Maltreatment of Young Children

Evans, Mary F.; Gazze, Ludovica; Schaller, Jessamyn - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We estimate the impacts of temperature on alleged and substantiated child maltreatment among young children using … administrative data from state child protective service agencies. Leveraging short-term weather variation, we find increases in … analysis identifies neglect as the temperature-sensitive maltreatment type, and we do not find evidence that adaptation via air …

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The timing of maternal work and time with children

Stewart, Jay Charles - 2009

I use data from the American Time Use Survey to examine how maternal employment affects when during the day that mothers of pre-school-age children spend doing enriching childcare and whether they adjust their schedules to spend time with their children at more-desirable times of day. I find...

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The effect of children on the level of labor market involvement of married women : what is the role of education?

Troske, Kenneth R.; Voicu, Alexandru - 2009

We analyze the way women's education influences the effect of children on their level of labor market involvement. We propose an econometric model that accounts for the endogeneity of labor market and fertility decisions, for the heterogeneity of the effects of children and their correlation...

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How do adolescents spell time use?

Kalenkoski, Charlene; Ribar, David C.; Stratton, Leslie S. - 2009

We investigate how household disadvantage affects the time use of 15-18 year-olds using 2003-2006 data from the American Time Use Survey. Applying competing-risk hazard models, we distinguish between the incidence and duration of activities and incorporate the daily time constraint. We find that...

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The effect of the timing and spacing of births on the level of labor market involvement of married women

Troske, Kenneth R.; Voicu, Alexandru - 2009

We use panel data from NLSY79 to analyze the effects of the timing and spacing of births on the labor supply of married women in a framework that accounts for the endogeneity of labor market and fertility decisions, the heterogeneity of the effects of children and their correlation with the...

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Time to work or time to play : the effect of student employment on homework, sleep, and screen time

Kalenkoski, Charlene Marie; Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff - 2009

We use detailed time-diary information on high school students' daily activities from the 2003-2008 American Time Use Surveys (ATUS) to investigate the effects of employment on the time a student spends on homework and other major activities. Time-diary data are more detailed and accurate than...

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