Time Use in Economics: 51 (Research in Labor Economics, 51) - Hardcover

 
9781837536054: Time Use in Economics: 51 (Research in Labor Economics, 51)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1837536058 ISBN 13: 9781837536054
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023

Synopsis

Beginning in 1965 Nobel Laureate Gary Becker realized that shadow prices, which reflect the value of one’s time, may be at least as important as money prices. Implications of his resulting theory of time allocation were not tested until much later when governments began to collect extensive data on how individuals utilized their time.

Time Use in Economics contains original research on new aspects of time use compiled by Daniel S. Hamermesh, a long-time path-breaking labor economist leader in analyzing time use data, and Solomon W. Polachek, a pioneer in gender-related labor market research. Topics include how time is used by type of household, how time is used in particular jobs, how time is used in high versus low growth geographic areas, how time is used after a job loss, how time use affects individual wellbeing, as well as how to interpret the blurred boundaries of time use between leisure and work, a growing issue as more individuals, especially mothers, work from home.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Daniel S. Hamermesh, University of Texas at Austin, NBER, and IZA

Solomon W. Polachek, State University of New York at Binghamton and IZA.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1837536058
ISBN 13 
9781837536054
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
296
Editor
Hamermesh Daniel S., Polachek Solomon W.