This paper evaluates the presence of heterogeneity, by household type, in the elasticity of substitution between food … expenditures and time and in the goods intensity parameter in the household food and eating production functions. We use a … elasticity of substitution is low for all household types. …

This chapter reviews economic studies on multitasking in household production. Whereas multitasking or task juggling in … the workplace has been analyzed more widely, economic literature on multitasking in a household is relatively scarce. The …

This chapter reviews economic studies on multitasking in household production. Whereas multitasking or task juggling in … the workplace has been analyzed more widely, economic literature on multitasking in a household is relatively scarce. The …

household production, which includes previous analyses as special cases. In the general framework, where all utility yielding … commodities are produced through a combinatiion of market goods and household time, optimal taxation requires joint taxation of …

We provide evidence on household and market production in 36 countries since 1960. On average the household sector … accounts for almost half of total hours worked. As GDP per capita increases, the employment share of household production in … decrease and increase. Estimating the value added of household production yields similar patterns. Labor productivity of …