The Multitasking of Household Production

Gigi Foster and Charlene Kalenkoski

No 2010-02, Discussion Papers from School of Economics, The University of New South Wales

Abstract: The standard household production model does not incorporate multitasking, although time-diary data reveal that individuals regularly multi-task. We formulate a model where time spent in child care can be sole-tasked or multitasked with other household production activities. This model implies associations between household productivity factors and both child outcomes and parental time use. We then use data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children and the Australian Time Use Surveys to examine the empirical validity of these implications. Consistent with our model's predictions, household productivity factors are associated both with child outcomes and parental time use.

JEL-codes: D13 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2010-01
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