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Title: Marriage: For Love, For Money...and for Time?

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: Married couples enjoy meaningful economies in time, often choosing to specialize where one spouse focuses on market work and the other on household production and childcare. Using data from the American Time Use Survey 20032008, I estimate significant marriage effects upon time use. Most married women gain 3334 min of leisure each weekday when compared to single women. While marriage does not lead to more leisure for husbands, it allows them to allocate timeaway from home and towards market work. Lower-income couples work more at home and for pay, and spend less time in leisure than their single counterparts. The temporal and financial gains from marriage for most people are inconsistent with its declining prevalence.

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Authors: Vernon, Victoria

Periodical (Full): Review of Economics of the Household

Issue: 4

Volume: 8

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Data Collections: IPUMS Time Use - ATUS

Topics: Family and Marriage, Other

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