Work and Television

Giacomo Corneo

No 376, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Evidence from a sample of countries show that people roughly spend as much time watching television as earning their living. Moreover, television viewing and work hours are positively correlated across countries. A simple model based on complementarities in the organization of free time is developed that explains such a pattern as resulting from multiple equilibria. In this model the equilibria can be inversely Pareto-ranked by their amount of television viewing. Arguments are offered to explain why in some countries a Pareto-inferior equilibrium might have come into being.

Keywords: Television viewing; work hours; relational goods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D1 H0 J2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2001-10
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Published - published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 21 (1), 99-113

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