additional leisure and personal maintenance, not in increased household production. There is no relation between unemployment … duration and the split of time between household production and leisure. U.S. data for 2003-2006 show that almost none of the …

additional leisure and personal maintenance, not in increased household production. There is no relation between unemployment … duration and the split of time between household production and leisure. U.S. data for 2003-2006 show that almost none of the …

corresponding wealth effect; (ii) The enhanced value of time off from work, due to the advent of time-using leisure goods; (iii) The … reduced need for housework, due to the introduction of time-saving appliances. These mechanisms are incorporated into a model …

wages is the main contributor to the decline in hours. The decline in the price of leisure goods explain 6% of the total …

corresponding wealth effect; (ii) The enhanced value of time off from work, due to the advent of time-using leisure goods; (iii) The … reduced need for housework, due to the introduction of time-saving appliances. These mechanisms are incorporated into a model …

care, and leisure. The chapter concludes with a discussion of why these patterns are important to macroeconomics and spells …

A model with leisure production and endogenous retirement is used to explain the declining labor-force participation … moment of retirement. The increase in retirement is driven by rising real wages and a falling price of leisure goods over …

The time household members in industrialized countries spend on housework and shopping is substantial, amounting on … should also note the impact of tax policy on housework time and consider ways to reduce the distortions caused by sales and …

Using an experimental design, we investigate the reasons behind the gendered division of housework within couples. In … particular, we assess whether the fact that women do more housework may be explained by differences in preferences deriving from … preference for housework, suggesting that the reasons for the gendered division of housework lie elsewhere. …