How to Think About Time-Use Data: What Inferences Can We Make About Long- and Short-Run Time Use from Time Diaries?

Harley Frazis () and Jay Stewart
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Harley Frazis: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

No 5306, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Time-use researchers are typically interested in the time use of individuals, but time use data are samples of person-days. Given day-to-day variation in how people spend their time, this distinction is analytically important. We examine the conditions necessary to make inferences about the time use of individuals from a sample of person-days. We also discuss whether and how surveys with multiple household members or multiple days are an improvement over single-diary surveys.

Keywords: survey methods; estimation; time use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C81 C83 D13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2010-11
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Published - published in: Annales d’Economie et Statistique, 2012, 105/106, 231-246

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