Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/3934 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeiträge No. 2006/22
Publisher: 
Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Berlin
Abstract: 
A distinguishing feature among households is whether adult members work or not, since the occupational status of adults affects their available time for home activities. Using a survey method in two countries, Belgium and Germany, we provide household incomes that retain the level of well-being across different family types, distinguished by family size and occupational status of adults. Our tests support that childcare-time costs are important determinants of household well-being. Estimates of child costs relative to an adult are higher for households that are time-constrained (all adults in the household work). Moreover, we find supportive evidence for the hypothesis that, in two-adult households, there is a potential for within-household welfare gains from specialization in market- vs. domestic activities, especially childcare.
Subjects: 
household production
child costs
childcare
survey method
JEL: 
D13
J22
C42
D31
I31
ISBN: 
3938369477
Data set: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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