The economics of time use

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hamermesh, Daniel S., Pfan, Gerald A.
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2004.
• Σειρά: Contributions to economic analysis ; v. 271.
• Θέματα: Business & Economics > Economics > General.; Education > General.; Economic theory & philosophy.; Time management surveys.; Cost and standard of living.; Time management.

These studies are based on information on time use in nine countries. Such studies will become more common as more governments fund time-budget surveys and as economists realize the benefits of using this type of data. Each does something that either could not have been accomplished at all, or that...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction : time-use data in economics / Gerard A. Pfann
• Nobody to play with? : the implications of leisure coordination / Lars Osberg
• Estimates of a labor supply function using alternative measures of hours of work / N. Anders Klevmarken
• Loafing or learning? : the demand for informal education / Rene Fahr
• Timing constraints and the allocation of time : the effects of changing shopping hours regulations in the Netherlands / Peter Kooreman
• Time use and child costs over the life C / Ray Rees
• 'Mondays in the sun' : unemployment, time use, and consumption patterns in Spain / Arantza Ugidos
• Reconciling motherhood and work : evidence from time-use data in three countries / Anna Sanz de Galdeano
• The distribution of children's developmental resources / W. Jean Yeung
• A study in the process of planning, designing and executing a survey program : the BLS American time-use survey / Diane Herz
• The timing and flexibility of housework and men and women's wages / Nina Smith
• Routine / Daniel S. Hamermesh.