Non-market time and household well-being

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A distinguishing feature among households is whether adult members work or not, since the employment status affects a household's available time for home activities. Using a survey method in two countries, Belgium and Germany, we provide household incomes that retain the level of well-being across different family types, distinguished by family size and employment status of adults. Our tests support that specialization in home production and childcare-time costs are important determinants of household well-being. Estimates of child costs relative to an adult are higher for households that are time-constrained (all adults in the household work), and also higher for poorer households.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Diskussionsbeiträge ; No. 2005/11

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; General Welfare; Well-Being ; Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions ; Classification Discontinued 2008. See C83. ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
• Subject: household production ; child costs ; childcare ; survey method ; Privater Haushalt ; Haushaltseinkommen ; Familie ; Lebensstandard ; Kinder ; Kinderbetreuung ; Schätzung ; Belgien ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Koulovatianos, Christos ; Schröder, Carsten ; Schmidt, Ulrich
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2005

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/22141
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET