TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Kalenkoski, Charlene M.
AU  - Foster, Gigi
        TI  - The Multitasking of Household Production
        PY  - 2010/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4845
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4845
        AB  - The standard household production model does not incorporate multitasking, although time-diary data reveal that individuals regularly multitask. We formulate a model where time spent in child care can be sole-tasked or multitasked with other household production activities. This model implies associations between household productivity factors and both child outcomes and parental time use. We then use data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children and the Australian Time Use Surveys to examine the empirical validity of these implications. Consistent with our model’s predictions, household productivity factors are associated both with child outcomes and parental time use.
        KW  - household production
KW  - child care
KW  - multitasking
        ER  -