Synchronous leisure, jointness and household labor supply

Hallberg, Daniel

doi:10.1016/s0927-5371(03)00006-x

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“…An explanation for this result is that these parents coordinate their schedules in a way that they obtain more joint leisure time. This result has previously been observed in general population samples (Hallberg, 2003;Jenkins and Osberg, 2005;). Yet, in the sample of Dutch parents, we obtain the reverse result.…”

Section: Empirical Evidence Of Time Coordination: T-testsupporting

confidence: 87%

“…If parents are truly interested in a maximum amount of working time overlap (to gain joint leisure time: Hallberg, 2003 andHamermesch, 2002), they are likely to use their potential of flexibility to this end. On the other hand, if maximal availability to children drives their scheduling efforts (Lesnard, 2005), then the age and the number of children may be important, because pre-school children and a larger number of children require more care time.…”

Section: Exploration Of Working Time Overlap Among Real Couplesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In order to be able to explain the household decision process accurately, such timing issues need to be taken into account. Empirical studies that test whether spouses coordinate their work schedules include those by Hamermesch (2000Hamermesch ( , 2002, Hallberg (2003), Jenkins and Osberg (2005) and van . The main finding of these studies is that spouses tend to coordinate their work schedules in order to spend more leisure time together.…”

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Do Parents Coordinate Their Work Schedules? A Comparison of Dutch, Flemish, and Italian Dual-Earner Households

Carriero¹,

Ghysels²,

Klaveren

2009

European Sociological Review

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As a consequence of the rising number of dual earner households, many contemporary couples in Europe face two potentially conflicting job schedules when figuring out how to allocate their time over a week. In this article we study how dual-earner couples with children organise their working time in Belgium, Italy and The Netherlands. We place working time coordination explicitly in a comparative framework to allow cross-country differences in time scheduling mechanisms to be revealed. We define working time coordination as an act that leads to hours of paid work performed by both parents at the same moment and of which the joint nature cannot be explained by factors other that the partners' potential to communicate on the timing of their work. Our main findings are that: (1) parents actively coordinate their working times in all three societies; (2) On average, Italian and Flemish dual earner parents tend to synchronise (increase their work time overlap) which indicates that parents aim at spending non-market time jointly; (3) Dutch dual earner parents tend to de-synchronize (decrease work time overlap) which indicates that the latter tend to maximize the amount of time that at least one parent is out of the job.

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Section: Empirical Evidence Of Time Coordination: T-testsupporting

confidence: 87%

Section: Exploration Of Working Time Overlap Among Real Couplesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Do Parents Coordinate Their Work Schedules? A Comparison of Dutch, Flemish, and Italian Dual-Earner Households

Carriero¹,

Ghysels²,

Klaveren

2009

European Sociological Review

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“…Reading a novel is certainly solitary, but many people also like to talk about it afterwards, either formally in a book club or informally with friends over dinner. To list these activities is to underscore the variety of leisure tastes that individuals 1 Other studies of work time synchronisation, all based on based on time use surveys, include Hallberg (2003, for Sweden), Sullivan (1996, Britain), andvan Velzen (2001, Netherlands). 2 Corneo (2001) contrasted privately consumed leisure time (TV watching) and socially enjoyed leisure (which requires investment in relationships).…”

Section: Leisure Coordination and Labour Supplymentioning

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Nobody to Play with? The Implications of Leisure Coordination

Jenkins

Osberg

2004

Contributions to Economic Analysis

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractWe hypothesize that an individual's time use choices are contingent on the time use choices of others because the utility derived from leisure time often benefits from the presence of companionable others inside and outside the household. We develop a model of time use, and demonstrate that its consistency with the behaviour of British working couples in the 1990s. We present evidence of the synchronisation of working hours by spouses and report estimates indicating that propensities to engage in associative activity depend on the availability of Suitable Leisure Companions outside the household. Our results indicate the importance of externalities in the working time decisions of individuals. JEL classification numbers: D13, I31, J221

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“…For example, estimates for joint leisure consumption by couples indicate that both men and women demand spending time together with their spouses (Hamermesh 2002). Similarly, Sullivan (1996), Hallberg (2003), Jenkins and Osberg (2005) and Connelly and Kimmel (2009) find evidence of this desire for spending time with one's spouse. 9 The literature on marital happiness and marital stability also provides evidence for the causal affect of amount of marital interaction on marital happiness (White 1983;Hill 1988;Zuo 1992 and references therein).…”

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The rise of monogamy

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2014

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Why has polygyny, marriage of a man to multiple women, common in most societies throughout history, almost disappeared in modern industrialized countries? Do women play a role in its disappearance? A simple theoretical model suggests that at the later stage of the transition from polygyny to monogamy, the spread of human capital and the increase of labor income have led to the rise of monogamy. A general equilibrium model of the marriage market illustrates that the spread of human capital results in an increase in women's income opportunities and lowers the importance of bequests in determining their sons' incomes. Both effects improve women's outside option, mating monogamously, and decrease the marginal benefit of the economic advantages provided by polygynous unions. This, in turn, reduces polygyny by increasing the cost of polygynous mating for men. When the human capital level is sufficiently high, men find it optimal to marry monogamously instead of bearing the high cost of polygynous mating.

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Synchronous leisure, jointness and household labor supply

Cited by 111 publications

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Do Parents Coordinate Their Work Schedules? A Comparison of Dutch, Flemish, and Italian Dual-Earner Households

Do Parents Coordinate Their Work Schedules? A Comparison of Dutch, Flemish, and Italian Dual-Earner Households

Nobody to Play with? The Implications of Leisure Coordination

The rise of monogamy

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