Health Status and the Allocation of Time

We consider the relationship between health and time allocation. Better health is associated with more time allocated towards production on the market and at home, but less consumption of leisure. This suggests that health exerts large effects on market productivity, but larger effects on non-market productivity. These responses are higher for single people than for married people, perhaps reflecting a lack of market substitutes for the time of married people.

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Year of publication:	2010-05-27
Authors:	Podor, Melinda ; Halliday, Timothy
Institutions:	Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa
Subject:	Labor supply \| Time Allocation \| Health \| Home Production

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 201007 34 pages
Classification:	I1 - Health ; J2 - Time Allocation; Work Behavior; Employment Determination and Creation
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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