Multitasking

Arbeitspapier

This chapter reviews economic studies on multitasking in household production. Whereas multitasking or task juggling in the workplace has been analyzed more widely, economic literature on multitasking in a household is relatively scarce. The chapter first provides relevant measures of such multitasking activities, discusses time diary data, and presents some empirical facts employing Harmonized European Time Use Survey data. It then reviews theoretical and empirical contributions to this topic, focusing on childcare, food consumption, and remote work. It also reviews the determinants of multitasking and identifies the factors that are more likely to affect these activities. In addition, it discusses multitasking by certain groups, such as ethnic minorities and children. Finally, it offers policy implications and suggestions for future research.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 15681

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
• Subject: household production ; multitasking ; simultaneous activities ; time use

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Zaiceva, Anzelika
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2022

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/267418
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET