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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20640| Title: | Differences in US-German Time-Allocation: Why Do Americans Work Longer Hours than Germans? |
| Keywords: | D12 J22 H31 D13 ddc:330 time use working hours employment household production Arbeitszeit Hausarbeit Zeitallokation Haushaltsproduktion Steuerbelastung Lohnstruktur Vereinigte Staaten Deutschland |
| Issue Date: | 16-Oct-2013 |
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| Description: | The conventional view is that Americans work longer hours than Germans and other Europeans but when time in household production is included, overall working time is very similar on both sides of the Atlantic. Americans spend more time on market work but German invest more in household production. This paper examines whether these differences in the allocation of time can be explained by differences in the incentive structure, this is by the taxwedge and differences in the wage differentials, as economic theory suggests. Its analysis of unique time-use data reveals that the differences in time-allocation patterns can indeed be explained by economic variables. |
| URI: | http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20640 |
| Other Identifiers: | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20640 ppn:36204645X |
| Appears in Collections: | EconStor |
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