Arbeitspapier

Measuring the relative productivity of multitasking to sole-tasking in household production: New experimental evidence

We present a household production model that incorporates multitasking and results from a customized experiment designed to measure the individual-specific productivity parameters from this model. We observe these productivity parameters under alternative incentive scenarios, designed to mimic changes in the relative utility payoffs to the two tasks. Using information on demographic and other characteristics collected through an on-screen survey taken by our experimental participants, we examine the correlates of individuals' sole-tasking and multitasking performance. Finally, we provide the literature's first measures of the own- and cross-price elasticities of household task supply in a multitasking context.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 6763

Classification
Wirtschaft
Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Subject
experiment
household production
child care
time use
productivity measures
Haushaltsproduktion
Zeitverwendung
Produktivität
Messung
Test

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Foster, Gigi
Kalenkoski, Charlene
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2012

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Foster, Gigi
  • Kalenkoski, Charlene
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2012

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