Bargaining over Time Allocation
Subtitle: Economic Modeling and Econometric Investigation of Time Use within Families (Contributions to Economics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg
Published: May 18, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9783790813913
Subjects: Economic theory & philosophy; Family & relationships; Economics Of Population; Business & Economics; Family / Parenting / Childbirth; Business/Economics; Econometrics; Economics - General; General; Bargaining; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Business & Economics : Econometrics; Business & Economics : Economics - General; Economics of Gender; Family & Relationships / General; Family Decision Making; Female Employment; Econometric models; Economic aspects; Family; Households; Time management
Description: "In this book, time use behavior within households is modeled as the outcome of a bargaining process between family members who bargain over household resource allocation and the intrafamily distribution of welfare. In view of trends such as rising female employment along with falling fertility rates and increasing divorce rates, a strategic aspect of female employment is analyzed in a dynamic family bargaining framework. The division of housework between spouses and the observed leisure differential between women and men are investigated within non-cooperative bargaining settings. The models developed are tested empirically using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and the German Time Budget Survey."--Jacket.