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Gender, Time Use and Models of the Household

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dc.creator Apps, Patricia
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:08:11Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:08:11Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20041
dc.identifier ppn:365984469
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20041
dc.description The aim of this paper is to explain why time use data are essential for analyzing issues of gender equity and the intra-household allocation of resources, for comparing living standards and for estimating the behavioral effects of changes in policy variables. The first step in the exposition is to show that the neglect of these data in much of the literature on household behavior, in both developed and developing economies, can be traced to unrealistic assumptions on domestic production and the mistaken idea that non-market time can be viewed as leisure. It is argued that an approach is required that makes explicit the need for data on the time family members spend on domestic work as well as on labor supply. An approach of this kind is outlined and used to identify the specialized assumptions that are employed when they are missing. The paper also discusses the limitations of available time use survey datasets that are due to deficiencies in survey design. The more serious and common problems are illustrated using as case studies the Statistics South Africa 2000 Time Use Survey and the time use module included in the Nicaraguan 1998 Living Standards Measurements Survey.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 796
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject J22
dc.subject O17
dc.subject D13
dc.subject J82
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject time allocation and labor supply
dc.subject gender
dc.subject household production
dc.subject development
dc.subject Haushaltsökonomik
dc.subject Familienökonomik
dc.subject Frauenerwerbstätigkeit
dc.subject Arbeitsangebot
dc.subject Entwicklungstheorie
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Theorie
dc.subject Südafrika
dc.title Gender, Time Use and Models of the Household
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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