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Changes in Children’s Time Use, India 1998–2019

Matthew Gibson, Maulik Jagnani and Hemant Pullabhotla

A chapter in Time Use in Economics, 2023, vol. 51, pp 55-88 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: Using the two waves of the India Time Use Survey, 1998–1999 and 2019, we document a 110-minute (30%) increase in average daily learning time. The largest offsetting decrease was in work time: 61 minutes. The composition of leisure changed, with television rising by 19 minutes, while talking fell by 10 minutes and games by 17 minutes. We then implement a Gelbach decomposition, showing that 68 minutes of the unconditional learning increase are predicted by demographic covariates. Of these predictors the most important are a child's state of residence and usual principal activity, which captures extensive-margin transitions into schooling.

Keywords: Time use; children; education; child labor; leisure; India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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