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Trend in Hours: The U.S. from 1900 to 1950
Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - Economie d'Avant Garde - 2005
) Households have access to an increasing number of leisure activities which enhance the value of non-market time; (ii) The rise of … decline in the price of leisure goods is second in importance, yet its contribution is large. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566108
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A Model of the Trends in Hours
Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - Institute of Economic Policy Research (IEPR), … - 2005
) Households have access to an increasing number of leisure activities which enhance the value of non-market time; (ii) The rise of … decline in the price of leisure goods is second in importance, yet its contribution is large. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005342855
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Trends in Hours : The U.S. From 1900 to 1950
Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - 2008
in the price of leisure goods accounts for seven percent of the total decline in hours …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014217501
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A Model of the Trends in Hours
Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - Society for Economic Dynamics - SED - 2006
) Households have access to an increasing number of leisure activities which enhance the value of non-market time; (ii) The rise of … decline in the price of leisure goods is second in importance, yet its contribution is large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005090751
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Why are average hours worked lower in richer countries?
Bick, Alexander; Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola; Lagakos, David; … - 2020
explanations: income effects in preferences, in which leisure becomes more valuable when income rises, and distortionary tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012202806
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Why are average hours worked lower in richer countries?
Bick, Alexander; Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola; Lagakos, David; … - 2020
explanations: income effects in preferences, in which leisure becomes more valuable when income rises, and distortionary tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012211038
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The gender division of work across countries
Gottlieb, Charles; Doss, Cheryl R.; Gollin, Douglas; … - 2024
Across countries, women and men allocate time differently between market work, domestic services, and care work. In this paper, we document the gender division of work, drawing on a new harmonized data set that provides us with high-quality time use data for 50 countries spanning the global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014507757
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Aggregate impacts of a gift of time
Lee, Jungmin; Kawaguchi, Daiji; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2011
work declined discretely. The economy-wide drops in market work were reallocated solely to leisure and personal maintenance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523511
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Marriage and Divorce since World War II: Analyzing the Role of Technological Progress on the Formation of Households
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Since World War II there has been: (i) a rise in the fraction of time that married households allocate to market work, (ii) an increase in the rate of divorce, and (iii) a decline in the rate of marriage. What can explain this? It is argued here that technological progress in the household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791474
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Marriage and Divorce since World War II: Analyzing the Role of Technological Progress on the Formation of Households
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih - Economie d'Avant Garde - 2004
Since World War II there has been: (i) a rise in the fraction of time that married households allocate to market work, (ii) an increase in the rate of divorce, and (iii) a decline in the rate of marriage. What can explain this? It is argued here that labor-saving technological progress in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005052104