ERIC Number: EJ767490
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 39
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-166X
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Mothers' Time Choices: Caregiving, Leisure, Home Production, and Paid Work
Kimmel, Jean; Connelly, Rachel
Journal of Human Resources, v42 n3 p643-681 Sum 2007
Using data from the 2003 and 2004 American Time Use Survey, we study the role that socioeconomic factors play in mothers' time choices. We estimate a four-equation system in which the dependent variables are the minutes used in home production, active leisure, market work, and child caregiving. Our results show that mothers' caregiving time increases with the number of children, decreases with age of the child, and increases with the price of child care. We also find a substantial positive wage elasticity for caregiving time, while both leisure and home production time declines with increased wages. (Contains 6 tables and 35 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Mothers, Leisure Time, Child Rearing, Employed Parents, Socioeconomic Influences, Time Management, Family Environment, Age Differences, Children, Child Care, Wages, Correlation, Economic Factors, Marital Status, Racial Factors, Housework
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