Data Watch The American Time Use Survey

Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Frazis, Harley; Stewart, Jay

doi:10.1257/0895330053148029

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“…37 New data sets with detailed time diary information from the representative population are now available. 38 Studies seeking to incorporate the full cost of informal caregiving into economic evaluations and other dimensions of time use and health may now be feasible with this new source of population-based data on time use. 39 An important limitation of the study is that it uses only labor market data from the state of Arkansas.…”

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Labor Market Productivity Costs for Caregivers of Children with Spina Bifida: A Population-Based Analysis

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Background. Caregiver productivity costs are an important component of the overall cost of care for individuals with birth defects and developmental disabilities, yet few studies provide estimates for use in economic evaluations. Objective. This study estimates labor market productivity costs for caregivers of children and adolescents with spina bifida. Methods. Case families were recruited from a state birth defects registry in Arkansas. Primary caregivers of children with spina bifida (N = 98 ) reported their employment status in the past year and demographic characteristics. Controls were abstracted from the Current Population Survey covering the state of Arkansas for the same time period (N = 416 ). Estimates from regression analyses of labor market outcomes were used to calculate differences in hours worked per week and lifetime costs. Results. Caregivers of children with spina bifida worked an annual average of 7.5 to 11.3 hours less per week depending on the disability severity. Differences in work hours by caregivers of children with spina bifida translated into lifetime costs of $133,755 in 2002 dollars using a 3% discount rate and an age- and sex-adjusted earnings profile. Including caregivers' labor market productivity costs in prevention effectiveness estimates raises the net cost savings per averted case of spina bifida by 48% over the medical care costs alone. Conclusions. Information on labor market productivity costs for caregivers can be used to better inform economic evaluations of prevention and treatment strategies for spina bifida. Cost-effectiveness calculations that omit caregiver productivity costs substantially overstate the net costs of the intervention and underestimate societal value.

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Labor Market Productivity Costs for Caregivers of Children with Spina Bifida: A Population-Based Analysis

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“…The diary day starts at 4am "yesterday" and ends at 4am "today." 15 For additional details about the ATUS, please see Hamermesh, Frazis, and Stewart (2005) and Frazis and Stewart (2007).…”

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The Timing of Maternal Work and Time with Children

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2010

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“…This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it does indicate that more data are becoming available to conduct work on these issues. In the Unites States as well, in recognition of the importance of better analytical work on time use issues, a new time use survey is being implemented (Hamermesh, Frazis, and Stewart 2005).…”

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