Following the Crowd: Leisure Complementarities beyond the Household

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Georges-Kot, Simon; Goux, Dominique; Maurin, Eric
• 署名单位: Institut Polytechnique de Paris; ENSAE Paris; Ecole Polytechnique
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/692511
• 发表日期: 2017
• 页码: 1061-1088
• 关键词: social interactions; LABOR; elasticities; MODEL; micro; tax

摘要

Leisure externalities across households have important implications for labor market regulations but have proven very difficult to identify. This paper exploits the unique features of school holidays and paid leave regulations in France to show that exogenous increases in the amount of leisure time enjoyed by workers living with children induce very significant increases in the demand for leisure of workers living in other households. We also provide evidence that these cross effects are driven by complementarities in nonmarket time rather than workplace norms or workplace externalities.