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A measure of concentration of the use of time, with an application to the pattern of daily leisure activities

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  • Jorge González Chapela

    (University of Girona and Centro Universitario de la Defensa de Zaragoza, Academia General Militar)

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Drawing an analogy with industry concentration, a well-grounded measure of individual concentration (or specialization) of the use of time is presented. Equipped with this measure, we explain and provide evidence of a “division of leisure” effect on the organization of daily leisure activities. A demand model featuring subsistence daily leisure shows that the concentration of leisure can vary with the quantity of leisure available. Sequential moment conditions and the exogenous possibility of more leisure brought about by the weekend unveil an asymmetrically U-shaped response in a sample of employed German men.

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  • Jorge González Chapela, 2013. "A measure of concentration of the use of time, with an application to the pattern of daily leisure activities," electronic International Journal of Time Use Research, Research Institute on Professions (Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe (FFB)) and The International Association for Time Use Research (IATUR), vol. 10(1), pages 9-37, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:leu:journl:2013:vol10:issue1:p9-37
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    Keywords

    Time allocation; Herfindahl-Hirschman index; IV estimation;
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    JEL classification:

    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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