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datestamp: 2006-12-19
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abstract: In this paper we examine if partners in households coordinate their
working times. Also we examine how this coordination influences the
(in)formal demand for child care and the time spent on joint activities.
The activities that we distinguish are the time that partners spent together,
spent jointly on household tasks and spent jointly on child care.

We find that partners de-synchronize their work times when there are
children present in the household while they synchronize their work times
when there are no children present in the household. Households where
women are higher educated tend to synchronize there work times.

Partners who synchronize their work times spent more joint hours on
household tasks. Partners who de-synchronize their work times less spent
more time together. We do not find a relation between work timing and
the time that parents spent together caring for their children.

The demand for (in)formal child care is affected by the coordination of
work schedules by partners. Partners who de-synchronize their work times
more, demand less (in)formal child care. Moreover, active work time desynchronization
and the demand for child care appear to be substitutes.
creators_name: Van Klaveren, Chris
creators_name: Maassen van den Brink, Henriette
creators_name: Van Praag, Bernard
date: 2006-12
date_issue: 2006-12
file_format: pdf
file_url: http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1213/01/MPRA_paper_1213.pdf
full_text_status: public
identifierabstract: http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1213/
institutions: University of Amsterdam
institution: University of Amsterdam
ispublished: unpub
keywords: Time Allocation; Work Timing; Work Hours; Leisure Time
language: en
pages: 31
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subjects: D13
subjects: J22
title: The influence of work time adjustment on joint activities and the demand for child care
citation:   Van Klaveren, Chris and Maassen van den Brink, Henriette and Van Praag, Bernard  (2006): The influence of work time adjustment on joint activities and the demand for child care.    
document_url: https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/1213/1/MPRA_paper_1213.pdf