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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/3847| Title: | Non-market household time and the cost of children |
| Keywords: | ddc:330 Privater Haushalt Haushaltseinkommen Familie Lebensstandard Kinder Kinderbetreuung Schätzung Belgien Deutschland |
| Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2013 |
| Publisher: | Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wien |
| Description: | A distinguishing feature among households is whether adult members work or not, since the occupational status of adults affects their available time for home activities. Using a survey method in two countries, Belgium and Germany, we provide household incomes that retain the level of well-being across different family types, distinguished by family size and occupational status of adults. Our tests support that childcare-time costs are important determinants of household well-being. Estimates of child costs relative to an adult are higher for households that are time-constrained (all adults in the household work). Moreover, we find supportive evidence for the hypothesis that, in two-adult households, there is a potential for within-household welfare gains from specialization in market- vs. domestic activities, especially childcare. |
| URI: | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/3847 |
| Other Identifiers: | Working papers Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Wien 0606 http://hdl.handle.net/10419/3847 ppn:515062251 |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor |
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