Unemployment, market work and household production

被引:43
作者
Burda, Michael C. [1 ]
Hamermesh, Daniel S. [2 ,3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Humboldt Univ, Wirtschaftswissensch Fak, D-10099 Berlin, Germany
[2] Univ Texas Austin, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[3] Maastricht Univ, Maastricht, Netherlands
[4] Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
关键词
Unemployment; Time use; Leisure; Paid work; HOMEWORK; TIME;
D O I
10.1016/j.econlet.2010.01.004
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Time-diary data from four countries suggest that differences in market time between the unemployed and employed represent additional leisure, not increased household production. In areas where unemployment is cyclically high, however, reduced market work is offset by additional home production. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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页码:131 / 133
页数:3
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