Work Schedules and parents´ time allocation

Laura Bengoa and Arantza Ugidos
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Laura Bengoa: Universidad del País Vasco

Revista de Economía Laboral - Spanish Journal of Labour Economics, 2017, vol. 14, No 2, 5-32

Abstract: This study uses most recent Spanish time-use data (2009-2010) to study the effect that different work schedules have in the time spent on activities with the different family members. We estimate a double-hurdle model that allows us to take into account the clustering of a large proportion of observations at zero and deal with both the incidence and the intensity of spending time in a particular time use. Our results show that the split-shift has a negative association with family time and parent-child time, two activities that improve the relationship among family members and improve the wellbeing of children. Parents engage more in parent-child activities when their spouse is working the split shift or evening shift. The negative effect that working an evening or split shift has on parentchild time is smaller for women than for men. The opposite is observed with non-family time.

Keywords: Time-use; standard work schedule; split-shift; family-time; parent-child time; work-family balance; double-hurdle model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
Note: Vol. 14, Núm. 2 (2017)
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