IZA Discussion Papers

published as "The commuting behavior of workers in the United States: differences between the employed and the self-employed" in: Journal of Transport Geography, 2018, 66, 19-29

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9396

A Cross-State Comparison of Measures of Subjective Well-Being

Younghwan Song

published in: International Journal of Wellbeing, 2017, 7 (1), 65-83

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9376

Secondary Childcare in the ATUS: What Does It Measure?

Jay Stewart, Mary Dorinda Allard

published in: C. Kalenkoski and G. Foster (eds.): The Economics of Multitasking, New York, 2015, 145-171

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9287

What Will You Do If I Say 'I Do'?: The Effect of the Sex Ratio on Time Use within Taiwanese Married Couples

Simon Chang, Rachel Connelly, Ping Ma

published in: Population Research and Policy Review, 2016, 35 (4), 471-500

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9095

Not Working at Work: Loafing, Unemployment and Labor Productivity

Michael C. Burda, Katie R. Genadek, Daniel S. Hamermesh

part of this paper forthcoming as "Unemployment and Effort at Work" in: Economica, 2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9001

A Simple Identification Strategy for Gary Becker's Time Allocation Model

Laurens Cherchye, Bram De Rock, Frederic Vermeulen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8794

Commuting Time and Household Responsibilities: Evidence Using Propensity Score Matching

J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina

published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2016, 56 (2), 332 - 359

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8793

The Stress Cost of Children

Hielke Buddelmeyer, Daniel S. Hamermesh, Mark Wooden

published in: European Economic Review, 2018, 109, 148 - 161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8764

Voluntary Activities and Daily Happiness in the US

J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2015, 53 (4), 1735-1750

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8674

Intergenerational Mobility of Housework Time in the United Kingdom

J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina, Yu Zhu

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2018, 16 (4), 911-937

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8634

Health Status and the Allocation of Time: Cross-Country Evidence from Europe

J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina

published in: Economic Modelling, 2015, 46 (2), 188-203

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8613

Gender, Time-Use, and Fertility Recovery in Industrialized Countries

Javier García-Manglano, Natalia Nollenberger, Almudena Sevilla

published in: International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Edition

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8204

The Effects of the Great Recession on Teenagers' Risky Health Behaviors and Time Use

Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia

published as 'Teenagers’ Risky Health Behaviors and Time Use During the Great Recession' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2017, 15(3), 945–964, https://doi.org/10.1007.s1150-015-9297-6

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7848

Couples' Time Together: Complementarities in Production versus Complementarities in Consumption

Hani Mansour, Terra McKinnish

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2014, 27, 1127-1144

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7531

If You're Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands: How Do Mothers and Fathers Really Feel about Child Caregiving?

Rachel Connelly, Jean Kimmel

published in: Feminist Economics, 2015, 21 (1), 1-34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7501

Low-Skilled Immigration and Parenting Investments of College-Educated Mothers in the United States: Evidence from Time-Use Data

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Almudena Sevilla

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49(3), 509-539

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7418

Polarization of Time and Income – A Multidimensional Approach with Well-Being Gap and Minimum 2DGAP: German Evidence

Joachim Merz, Bettina Scherg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7355

Economic Conditions and Child Abuse

Jason M. Lindo, Jessamyn Schaller, Benjamin Hansen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7143

Early to Bed and Earlier to Rise: School, Maternal Employment, and Children's Sleep

Jay Stewart

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2014, 12 (1), 29-50

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7070

Cyclical Variation in Labor Hours and Productivity Using the ATUS

Michael C. Burda, Daniel S. Hamermesh, Jay Stewart

published in: American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2013, 103 (3), 99-104

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7043

Regional Unemployment, Gender and Time Allocation of the Unemployed

J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2014, 12 (1), 105-127

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7007

Labor Supply Heterogeneity and Demand for Child Care of Mothers with Young Children

Patricia Apps, Jan Kabátek, Ray Rees, Arthur van Soest

published in: Empirical Economics, 2016, 51, 1641-1677

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6931

Immigrants' Time Use: A Survey of Methods and Evidence

David C. Ribar

published in: A. Constant and K.F. Zimmermann (eds), International Handbook of the Economics of Migration, Cheltenham, 2013, 373-92

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6825

Birth Order and Child Outcomes: Does Maternal Quality Time Matter?

Chiara Monfardini, Sarah Grace See

published as 'Birth Order and Child Cognitive Outcomes: an Exploration of the Parental Time Mechanism' in: Education Economics, 2016, 24 (5), 481- 495

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6763

Measuring the Relative Productivity of Multitasking to Sole-tasking in Household Production: New Experimental Evidence

Gigi Foster, Charlene M. Kalenkoski

published in: Applied Economics, Vol. 47, No. 18, 2015, pp. 1847-1862

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6709

Trends in Time Allocation: A Cross-Country Analysis

J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, Almudena Sevilla

published in: European Economic Review, 2012, 56(6), 1338-1359

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6700

A Gift of Time

Daiji Kawaguchi, Jungmin Lee, Daniel S. Hamermesh

published in: Labour Economics, 2013, 24, 205-216

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6529

What Effects Do Macroeconomic Conditions Have on Families' Time Together?

Melinda Sandler Morrill, Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia

published as 'What Effects do Macroeconomic Conditions Have on the Time Couples with Children Spend Together?' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2015, 13(4), 791-814

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6199

Aggregate Impacts of a Gift of Time

Jungmin Lee, Daiji Kawaguchi, Daniel S. Hamermesh

published in: American Economic Review, 2012, 102(3), 612-616

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6022

Intensity of Time and Income Interdependent Multidimensional Poverty: Well-Being and Minimum 2DGAP – German Evidence

Joachim Merz, Tim Rathjen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5771

Use of Time and Value of Unpaid Family Care Work: A Comparison between Italy and Poland

Francesca Francavilla, Gianna Claudia Giannelli, Gabriela Grotkowska, Mieczyslaw Socha

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5529

Commuting Time and Labour Supply: A Causal Effect?

J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina

published as 'Commuting Time and Labor Supply in the Netherlands: A Time Use Study' in: Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 2014, 48(3), 409-426

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5345

Racial Discrimination and Household Chores

Shoshana Grossbard, J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, José Alberto Molina

published as 'Racial intermarriage and household production' in: Review of Behavioral Economics, 2014, 1 (4), 295-347

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5316

Federal Nutrition Programs and Childhood Obesity: Inside the Black Box

Manan Roy, Daniel L. Millimet, Rusty Tchernis

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2012, 10 (1), 1-38

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5306

How to Think About Time-Use Data: What Inferences Can We Make About Long- and Short-Run Time Use from Time Diaries?

Harley Frazis, Jay Stewart

published in: Annales d’Economie et Statistique, 2012, 105/106, 231-246

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5292

With or Without You: Divorce Rates and Intra-Household Allocation of Time

Domenico Tabasso

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5253

Her Time, His Time, or the Maid's Time: An Analysis of the Demand for Domestic Work

Elena G. F. Stancanelli, Leslie S. Stratton

published as 'Maids, Appliances and Couples' Housework: The Demand for Inputs to Domestic Production' in: Economica, 2014, 81 (323), 445-467

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5190

Married with Children: A Collective Labor Supply Model with Detailed Time Use and Intrahousehold Expenditure Information

Laurens Cherchye, Bram De Rock, Frederic Vermeulen

published in: American Economic Review, 2012, 102 (17), 3377-3405

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5038

Does Income Taxation Affect Partners' Household Chores?

Arthur van Soest, Elena G. F. Stancanelli

revised version published as 'Income taxation, labour supply and housework: A discrete choice model for French couples' in: Labour Economics, 2014, 27, 30-43

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5010

How Do Immigrants Spend Their Time? The Process of Assimilation

Daniel S. Hamermesh, Stephen Trejo

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (2), 507-530

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4910

Do Ethnic Minorities "Stretch" Their Time? Evidence from the UK Time Use Survey

Anzelika Zaiceva, Klaus F. Zimmermann

revised version published as "Do Ethnic Minorities 'Stretch' Their Time? UK Household Evidence on Multitasking" in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2011, 9 (2), 181-206

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4588

Tobit or Not Tobit?

Jay Stewart

published in: Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 2013, 38(3), 263-290

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4378

Grazing, Goods and Girth: Determinants and Effects

Daniel S. Hamermesh

published as "Incentives, time use and BMI: The roles of eating, grazing and goods" in: Economics and Human Biology, 2010, 8 (1), 2-15

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4374

How Do Adolescents Spell Time Use?

Charlene M. Kalenkoski, David C. Ribar, Leslie S. Stratton

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2011, 33, 1-44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4358

Time Use and Time Budgets: Improvements, Future Challenges and Recommendations

Joachim Merz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4358

Time Use and Time Budgets: Improvements, Future Challenges and Recommendations

Joachim Merz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4358

Time Use and Time Budgets: Improvements, Future Challenges and Recommendations

Joachim Merz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4337

Time and Income Poverty: An Interdependent Multidimensional Poverty Approach with German Time Use Diary Data

Joachim Merz, Tim Rathjen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4219

The Timing of Maternal Work and Time with Children

Jay Stewart

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2010, 64(1), 181-200

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4188

Intra-Household Time Allocation: Gender Differences in Caring for Children

Inmaculada García-Mainar, José Alberto Molina, Víctor M. Montuenga

published as 'Gender Differences in Childcare: Time Allocation in Five European Countries' in: Feminist Economics, 2011, 17 (1), 119-150

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3955

Unemployment, Market Work and Household Production

Michael C. Burda, Daniel S. Hamermesh

published in: Economics Letters, 2010, 107 (2), 131-133

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3885

The Timing of Labor Demand

Ana Rute Cardoso, Daniel S. Hamermesh, José Varejão

published in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2012, 105/106, 15-34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3773

Institutions, Social Norms, and Bargaining Power: An Analysis of Individual Leisure Time in Couple Households

Nabanita Datta Gupta, Leslie S. Stratton

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2010, 8 (3), 325-343

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3679

How Do Parents Allocate Time? The Effects of Wages and Income

Hans Bloemen, Elena G. F. Stancanelli

published as 'Market hours, household work, child care, and wage rates of partners: an empirical analysis' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2014, 12 (1), 51-81

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3667

Job Search and Unemployment Insurance: New Evidence from Time Use Data

Alan B. Krueger, Andreas I. Mueller

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 94 (3-4), 298-307

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3490

The Lot of the Unemployed: A Time Use Perspective

Alan B. Krueger, Andreas I. Mueller

published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012, 10 (4), 765–794

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3193

Time Allocation between Work and Family over the Life-Cycle: A Comparative Gender Analysis of Italy, France, Sweden and the United States

Dominique Anxo, Lennart Flood, Letizia Mencarini, Ariane Pailhé, Anne Solaz, Maria Letizia Tanturri

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3093

The Role of Nonstandard Work Hours in Maternal Caregiving for Young Children

Rachel Connelly, Jean Kimmel

published as 'The Role of Non-standard Work Status in Parental Caregiving for Young Children ' in Eastern Economic Journal, 2011, 37 (2), 248-269

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3070

Children, Kitchen, Church: Does Ethnicity Matter?

Anzelika Zaiceva, Klaus F. Zimmermann

substantially revised version published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2014, 12 (1): 83-103. [Open Access]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2894

Spousal Influences on Parents' Non-Market Time Choices

Rachel Connelly, Jean Kimmel

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2009, 7 (4), 361-394

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2777

Intrahousehold Specialization in Housework in the United States and Denmark

Jens Bonke, Mette Deding, Mette Lausten, Leslie S. Stratton

published in: Social Science Quarterly, 2008, 89 (4), 1023-1043

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2767

The Demand for Variety: A Household Production Perspective

Daniel S. Hamermesh, Reuben Gronau

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2008, 90 (3), 562-572

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2752

Handedness, Time Use and Early Childhood Development

David W. Johnston, Manisha Shah, Michael A. Shields

revised version published (with Michael E.R. Nicholls) as 'Nature's Experiment? Handedness and Early Childhood Development' in: Demography, 2009, 46 (2), 281 - 301

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2705

Total Work, Gender and Social Norms

Michael C. Burda, Daniel S. Hamermesh, Philippe Weil

published online as 'Total Work and Gender: Facts and Possible Explanations' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26(1), 239-261

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2580

Fun with Matched Firm-Employee Data: Progress and Road Maps

Daniel S. Hamermesh

published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (4), 663-673

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2441

The Effect of Family Structure on Parents' Child Care Time in the United States and the United Kingdom

Charlene M. Kalenkoski, David C. Ribar, Leslie S. Stratton

published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2007, 5 (4), 353-384

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2436

The Influence of Wages on Parents’ Allocations of Time to Child Care and Market Work in the United Kingdom

Charlene M. Kalenkoski, David C. Ribar, Leslie S. Stratton

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22 (2), 399-419

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2270

The Distribution of Total Work in the EU and US

Michael C. Burda, Daniel S. Hamermesh, Philippe Weil

published in: Tito Boeri, Michael Burda, Francis Kramarz (eds.), Working Hours and Job Sharing in the EU and USA: Are Americans Crazy? Are Europeans Lazy? Oxford Univ. Press, 2008

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2089

Keeping in Touch: A Benefit of Public Holidays

Joachim Merz, Lars Osberg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2060

Cues for Coordination: Light, Longitude and Letterman

Daniel S. Hamermesh, Caitlin Knowles Myers, Mark L. Pocock

published as 'Cues for Timing and Coordination: Latitude, Letterman and Longitude' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2008, 26 (2), 223-246

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1965

Time to Eat: Household Production under Increasing Income Inequality

Daniel S. Hamermesh

published in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2007, 89 (4), 852-863; excerpts also publishd in Economics Letters, 2008, 98 (1), 31-34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 931