TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Sevilla, Almudena
AU  - Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio
AU  - Gershuny, Jonathan I.
        TI  - Leisure Inequality in the United States: 1965-2003
        PY  - 2012/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6708
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6708
        AB  - This paper exploits the complex sequential structure of the diary data in the American Heritage Time Use Study (AHTUS) and constructs three classes of indicators that capture the quality of leisure ('pure leisure', 'co-present leisure' and 'leisure fragmentation') to show that the relative growth in leisure time enjoyed by less-educated individuals documented in previous studies has been accompanied by a relative decrease in the quality of that leisure time. These results are not driven by any single leisure activity, such as time watching television. Our findings may offer a more comprehensive picture of inequality in the US and provide a basis for weighing the relative decline in earnings and consumption for the less educated against the simultaneous relative growth of leisure.
        KW  - time-use
KW  - consumption
KW  - wages
KW  - income
KW  - inequality
KW  - leisure
KW  - happiness
        ER  -