Time Use Research and Time Use Data: Actual Topics and New Frontiers

FFB Discussion Paper No. 32

39 Pages Posted: 16 Dec 2008

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Joachim Merz

Research Institute on Professions; Research Institute on Professions; Leuphana University of Lueneburg; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Date Written: April 2002

Abstract

This paper is asking about the actual used and appropriate data for recent substantive time use research. Emphasis is laid on both, macroanalytic and microanalytic approaches. However, the focus is on microeconomic approaches with topics on time use in the labour market (labour supply) and household production including the shadow pricing of unpaid work. Based on a structured survey about time use research and their data, actual topics, advantages and disadvantages of the data connected with the requirements on the research frontier and hints for further needs and developments are discussed.

Keywords: Time use research, time use data, time budget, macro- and micronanalytic approaches

JEL Classification: J20, J23

Suggested Citation

Merz, Joachim and Merz, Joachim, Time Use Research and Time Use Data: Actual Topics and New Frontiers (April 2002). FFB Discussion Paper No. 32, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1316809

Joachim Merz (Contact Author)

Research Institute on Professions ( email )

Lüneburg
Germany

Research Institute on Professions ( email )

Lüneburg
Germany

Leuphana University of Lueneburg

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Lüneburg, 21314
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

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