Time Spent in Home Production in the Twentieth-Century United States: New Estimates from Old Data

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: University of California System; University of California San Diego
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-0507
• DOI: 10.1017/S0022050709000333
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 1-47
• 关键词: allocation; TECHNOLOGY; leisure

摘要

This article presents new estimates of time spent in home production in the United States during the twentieth century. Historical time-diary studies for various segments of the population are linked to estimates from recent time use surveys. The new estimates suggest that time spent in home production by prime-age women fell by around six hours from 1900 to 1965 and by another 12 hours from 1965 to 2005. Time spent by prime-age men rose by 13 hours from 1900 to 2005. Average across the entire population, per capita time spent in home production increased slightly over the century.