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Rising inequality and trends in leisure
Stockholm University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute for International Economic Studies. University of St. Gallen, Switzerland; CEPR, UK.
Number of Authors: 22021 (English)In: Journal of economic growth (Boston), ISSN 1381-4338, E-ISSN 1573-7020, Vol. 26, p. 153-185Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This paper develops a model that generates rising average leisure time and increasing leisure inequality along a path of balanced growth. Households derive utility from three sources: market goods, home goods and leisure. Home production and leisure are both activities that require time and capital. Households allocate time and capital to these non-market activities and supply labor. The dynamics are driven by activity-specific TFP growth and a spread in the distribution of household-specific labor market efficiencies. When the spread is set to replicate the increase in wage inequality across education groups, the model can account for the observed average time series and cross-sectional dynamics of leisure time in the U.S. over the last five decades.

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2021. Vol. 26, p. 153-185
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Leisure, Labor supply, Inequality, Home-production, Balanced growth path
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Economics and Business
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-193117DOI: 10.1007/s10887-021-09189-8ISI: 000635034600001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-193117DiVA, id: diva2:1554512
Available from: 2021-05-14 Created: 2021-05-14 Last updated: 2022-02-25Bibliographically approved

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