Non-market time and household well-being
A distinguishing feature among households is whether adult members work or not, since the employment status a?ects 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 di?erent 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 ti... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Working Paper |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2005 |
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Vienna: University of Vienna
Department of Economics |
| Schlagwörter: | Privater Haushalt / Haushaltseinkommen / Familie / Lebensstandard / Kinder / Kinderbetreuung / Schätzung / Belgien / Deutschland |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29309590 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/28629/1/497302721.pdf |
A distinguishing feature among households is whether adult members work or not, since the employment status a?ects 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 di?erent 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.