Health Status and the Allocation of Time

Melinda Podor () and Timothy Halliday
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Melinda Podor: University of Hawaii, Department of Economics

No 201007, Working Papers from University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics

Abstract: We consider the relationship between health and time allocation. Better health is associated with more time allocated towards production on the market and at home, but less consumption of leisure. This suggests that health exerts large effects on market productivity, but larger effects on non-market productivity. These responses are higher for single people than for married people, perhaps reflecting a lack of market substitutes for the time of married people.

Keywords: Labor supply; Time Allocation; Health; Home Production (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I1 J2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2010-05-27
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