Unemployment, Market Work and Household Production

D. Hamermesh, M.C. Burda*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Time-diary data from four countries suggest that differences in market time between the unemployed and employed represent additional leisure, not increased household production. In areas where unemployment is cyclically high, however, reduced market work is offset by additional home production.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)131-133
JournalEconomics Letters
Volume107
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2010

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