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dc.contributor.authorMerz, Joachimen
dc.contributor.authorOsberg, Larsen
dc.date.accessioned2006-11-07-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T09:12:21Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T09:12:21Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/33509-
dc.description.abstractThis paper argues that public holidays facilitate the co-ordination of leisure time but do not constrain the annual amount of leisure. Public holidays therefore have benefits both in the utility of leisure on holidays and (by enabling people to maintain social contacts more easily) in increasing the utility of leisure on normal weekdays and weekends. The paper uses the variation (13 to 17) in public holidays across German Länder and the German Time Use Survey of 2001-02 to show that public holidays have beneficial impacts on social life on normal weekdays and weekends. Since these benefits are additional to the other benefits of holidays, it suggests that there is a case to be made for more public holidays.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x2089en
dc.subject.jelJ22en
dc.subject.jelI31en
dc.subject.jelZ13en
dc.subject.jelH40en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordpublic holidaysen
dc.subject.keywordsocial contactsen
dc.subject.keywordsocial leisure timeen
dc.subject.keywordtime allocationen
dc.subject.keywordtime use diariesen
dc.subject.keywordGerman Budget Survey 2001/02en
dc.subject.stwFreizeiten
dc.subject.stwFreizeitverhaltenen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Beziehungenen
dc.subject.stwZeitbudgetforschungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleKeeping in touch: a benefit of public holidays-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn510931839en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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