TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Foster, Gigi
AU  - Kalenkoski, Charlene M.
        TI  - Measuring the Relative Productivity of Multitasking to Sole-tasking in Household Production: New Experimental Evidence
        PY  - 2012/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6763
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6763
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - time use
KW  - child care
KW  - household production
KW  - experiment
KW  - productivity measures
        ER  -