Cacciatore, Matteo; Hauser, Daniela; Gnocchi, Stefano - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the effects of uncertainty on time use and their macroeconomic implications. Employing data from the American … Time Use Survey and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we document that heightened uncertainty increases housework and reduces … to higher inflation, particularly when uncertainty couples with policies redirecting time use towards housework (e …