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Cheap Thrills : the Price of Leisure and the Global Decline in Work Hours
Kopytov, Alexandr - 2020
per worker have also been on a steady decline. As recreation goods make leisure time more enjoyable, we investigate if the … changing price of leisure faced by these groups over time. We then construct a macroeconomic model with general preferences … large part of the decline in hours worked can be explained by the declining price of leisure. In contrast, we find mixed …
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Quiet Quitting or Noisy Leisure? The Allocation of Time and Remote Work, 2019-2022
Makridis, Christos - 2023
document three main results. First, time allocated to leisure increased and to work decreased among more remote jobs with no … in leisure was not driven by a quiet quitting' phenomenon …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014345973
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Employment and Distributional Effects of Restricting Working Time
Marimon, Ramon; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
We study the emplyment and distributional effects of regulating (reducing) working time in a general equilibrium model with search-matching frictions. Job creation entails some fixed costs, but existing jobs are subject to diminishing returns. We characterize the equilibrium in the de-regulated...
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Relational consumption and nonlinear dynamics in an overlapping generations model
Antoci, Angelo; Sodini, Mauro; Zarri, Luca - Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione … - 2012
dynamic leisure externalities leads to dramatically different predictions. Here we show that when the old perceive private and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010991146
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Relational Consumption and Nonlinear Dynamics in an Overlapping Generations Model
Antoci, Angelo; Sodini, Mauro; Zarri, Luca - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Facoltà di Economia - 2012
dynamic leisure externalities leads to dramatically different predictions. Here we show that when the old perceive private and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535419
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Economic possibilities for our grandchildren : 90 years later
Bibow, Jörg - 2024
capital accumulation in which mankind has solved its economic problem and enjoys a lifestyle predominantly framed by leisure …
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Fuel for economic growth?
Gars, Johan; Olovsson, Conny - 2015
We set up an endogenous growth model in which the efficiency of both capital and fossil energy can be improved, whereas the efficiency of one alternative energy source is limited. With capital and energy as complements, there exist two steady states: one stagnant where energy is fully derived...
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Women, men and time : gender differences in paid work, housework and leisure
Shelton, Beth A. - 1992
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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/10009422580
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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 - 2008
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. It is argued here that labor-saving technological progress in the household sector can...
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