The multitasking of household production

Arbeitspapier

The standard household production model does not incorporate multitasking, although time-diary data reveal that individuals regularly multitask. 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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4845

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
• Subject: Multitasking ; child care ; household production ; Haushaltsproduktion ; Produktivität ; Eltern ; Zeitallokation ; Kinderbetreuung ; Zeitbudgetforschung ; Australien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Kalenkoski, Charlene Marie ; Foster, Gigi
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/36809
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET