Time Use in Economics

Outline

Economics is about scarcity – how to allocate resources in the presence of limits. Time is the scarcest factor at a human’s disposal. However, while economic research has concentrated on our spending on goods and services – or more recently on happiness and individual well-being – it has paid relatively much less attention to how we spend our time. The 51st RLE volume on “Time Use in Economics” illustrates the importance of intensifying this research. Its ten articles shed new light on issues such as the impact of job loss on parental time investment, work hours and childcare decisions, time use and intrahousehold inequality, and most recent changes in work day characteristics.

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Chapters

• Naomi Friedman-Sokuler, Claudia SenikTime-Use and Subjective Well-Being: Is Diversity Really the Spice of Life?
• José Ignacio Giménez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Almudena SevillaEffort at Work and Worker Well-Being
• Matthew Gibson, Maulik Jagnani, Hemant K. PullabhotlaChanges in Children’s Time Use, India 1998–2019
• Sulagna Mookerjee, John D. Pedersen, David SlichterTime Use and the Geography of Economic Opportunity
• Anja GruberThe Impact of Job Loss on Parental Time Investment
• Taehyun Ethan Kim, Dean R. LillardParents' Work Hours and Childcare Decisions: Exploiting a Time Windfall
• Ruben Bostyn, Laurens Cherchye, Bram De Rock, Frederic VermeulenTime Use, Intrahousehold Inequality, and Individual Welfare: Revealed Preference Analysis
• Leslie S. StrattonMarriage Versus Cohabitation: How Specialization and Time Use Differ by Relationship Type
• Sarah M. Flood, Katie R. GenadekChange and Continuity in Americans' Work Day Characteristics, 2019 to 2021
• Victoria Hunter Gibney, Kristine L. West, Seth GershensonBlurred Boundaries: A Day in the Life of a Teacher

• Volume Details
• Editors Daniel S. Hamermesh,
  Solomon W. Polachek
• Publication date 14 December 2023
• ISBN 978-1-83753-605-4
• ISSN 0147-9121
• Copyright Holder Emerald Publishing Limited
• doi 10.1108/S0147-9121202451