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Differences in US-German Time-Allocation: Why Do Americans Work Longer Hours than Germans?

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dc.creator Schettkat, Ronald
dc.date 2003
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:11:35Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:11:35Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20640
dc.identifier ppn:36204645X
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20640
dc.description The conventional view is that Americans work longer hours than Germans and other Europeans but when time in household production is included, overall working time is very similar on both sides of the Atlantic. Americans spend more time on market work but German invest more in household production. This paper examines whether these differences in the allocation of time can be explained by differences in the incentive structure, this is by the taxwedge and differences in the wage differentials, as economic theory suggests. Its analysis of unique time-use data reveals that the differences in time-allocation patterns can indeed be explained by economic variables.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 697
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject D12
dc.subject J22
dc.subject H31
dc.subject D13
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject time use
dc.subject working hours
dc.subject employment
dc.subject household production
dc.subject Arbeitszeit
dc.subject Hausarbeit
dc.subject Zeitallokation
dc.subject Haushaltsproduktion
dc.subject Steuerbelastung
dc.subject Lohnstruktur
dc.subject Vereinigte Staaten
dc.subject Deutschland
dc.title Differences in US-German Time-Allocation: Why Do Americans Work Longer Hours than Germans?
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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