The economics of time use

• Other Authors: Hamermesh, Daniel S., Pfan, Gerald A.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2004.
• Series: Contributions to economic analysis ; v. 271.
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.