Intra-household Work Time Synchronization

Chris van Klaveren () and Henriette Maassen van den Brink
Additional contact information
Henriette Maassen van den Brink: University of Amsterdam - SCHOLAR

Labor and Demography from EconWPA

Abstract: If partners derive utility from joint leisure time, it is expected that they will coordinate their work schedules in order to increase the amount of joint leisure time. This paper tries to answer three questions using a new matching procedure where couples are matched to other couples. (1) Do partners coordinate their work schedules and does this result in work time synchronization, (2) which partners synchronize more work hours, and (3) is there a preference for togetherness. We find that (1) coordination results in more synchronized work hours. (2) the presence of children is the main cause why some partners synchronize their work times less than other couples, and (3) partners coordinate their work schedules in order to have more joint leisure time, which is evidence for togetherness preferences.

JEL-codes: D13 I31 J12 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-04-13
Note: Type of Document - pdf; pages: 33
View list of references

Downloads: (external link)
http://129.3.20.41/eps/lab/papers/0504/0504005.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wpa:wuwpla:0504005

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Labor and Demography from EconWPA
Series data maintained by EconWPA ().