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households with two adults. We estimate a structural household utility model in which the marginal utilities of leisure and house … household and the two partners. We use a discrete choice model with choice sets of 2,401 points for each couple, distinguishing …
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This paper focuses on the time allocation of spouses and the impact of economic variables. We present a stylized model of the time allocation of spouses to illustrate the expected impact of wages and non-labour income. The empirical model simultaneously specifies three time-use choices -paid...
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purchase services in the market and the time spent on weekend and weekday days by each partner on routine household chores. By … service is a closer substitute for household time on weekends than weekdays, but is also correlated with 'her' weekday time …
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This paper analyzes the time allocation of Italian spouses to paid work, childcare and household work. The literature … suggests that Italian husbands contribute the least to unpaid household work, relative to other European countries, while … spouses within each household, allowing for corner solutions and correlations in the unobservables across the system of six …
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A significant literature in the social sciences addresses the impact of child-bearing and rearing on marital stability and on mothers' labour market outcomes. Much less is known about older mothers' employment and marriage patterns when the adult children leave the parental nest. This study aims...
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households with two adults. We estimate a structural household utility model in which the marginal utilities of leisure and house … household and the two partners. We use a discrete choice model with choice sets of 2,401 points for each couple, distinguishing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277031
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-earners. About 24% of American women in dual-earner households earned more than their husband in 2004. Using a model of household … may also come into play. Our empirical model specifies spouse labour-market participation equations within each household … where the wife's education level is high. -- Marriage ; work behaviour ; household economics …
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This paper analyzes the time allocation of Italian spouses to paid work, childcare and household work. The literature … suggests that Italian husbands contribute the least to unpaid household work, relative to other European countries, while … spouses within each household, allowing for corner solutions and correlations in the unobservables across the system of six …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003777832