Non-market time and household well-being
A distinguishing feature among households is whether adult members work or not, since the employment status affects a household's available time for home activities. Using a survey method in two countries, Belgium and Germany, we provide household incomes that retain the level of well-being across different family types, distinguished by family size and employment status of adults. Our tests support that specialization in home production and childcare-time costs are important determinants of household well-being. Estimates of child costs relative to an adult are higher for households that are... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Working Paper |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2005 |
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Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin
Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft |
| Schlagwörter: | Privater Haushalt / Haushaltseinkommen / Familie / Lebensstandard / Kinder / Kinderbetreuung / Schätzung / Belgien / Deutschland / jel:I31 / jel:D31 / jel:C42 / jel:J22 / jel:D13 / household production / child costs / childcare / survey method |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28894320 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/22141/1/discpaper11_05.pdf |
A distinguishing feature among households is whether adult members work or not, since the employment status affects a household's available time for home activities. Using a survey method in two countries, Belgium and Germany, we provide household incomes that retain the level of well-being across different family types, distinguished by family size and employment status of adults. Our tests support that specialization in home production and childcare-time costs are important determinants of household well-being. Estimates of child costs relative to an adult are higher for households that are time-constrained (all adults in the household work), and also higher for poorer households.