@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp376, author={Corneo, Giacomo}, title={Work and Television}, year={2001}, month={Oct}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={376}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp376}, abstract={Evidence from a sample of countries show that people roughly spend as much time watching television as earning their living. Moreover, television viewing and work hours are positively correlated across countries. A simple model based on complementarities in the organization of free time is developed that explains such a pattern as resulting from multiple equilibria. In this model the equilibria can be inversely Pareto-ranked by their amount of television viewing. Arguments are offered to explain why in some countries a Pareto-inferior equilibrium might have come into being.}, keywords={Television viewing;work hours;relational goods}, }