Data and Code for: Togetherness in the Household

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Sam Cosaert, University of Antwerp (Belgium); Alexandros Theloudis, Tilburg University (Netherlands); Bertrand Verheyden, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research

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  AEJMicro_2020_0220_Replication_Package 02/01/2022 02:41:PM

Project Citation: 

Cosaert, Sam, Theloudis, Alexandros, and Verheyden, Bertrand. Data and Code for: Togetherness in the Household. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2023. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-01-25. https://doi.org/10.3886/E156061V1

Project Description

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This is data and code accompanying the article "Togetherness in the Household".

Spending time together with a spouse is a major gain from marriage. We extend the classical collective model of the household to allow for togetherness between spouses. Togetherness takes the form of joint leisure and joint care for children. Using revealed preferences conditions and Dutch data over years 2009-12, we find that households are willing to pay 1.2 euro per hour -10% of the average wage- to convert private leisure to joint, and 2.1 euro per hour to convert private childcare to joint. Our results suggest togetherness is an important component of household time use despite being overlooked in the economics literature.


Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Luxembourg National Research Fund (C18/SC/12668748)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms joint leisure; joint childcare; private time use; collective model; irregular work; family labor supply; revealed preferences; gender gap; inequality; LISS
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D11 Consumer Economics: Theory
      D12 Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
      D13 Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
      J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage The Netherlands
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2009 – 2012
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2009 – 2012
Universe:  View help for Universe
Our main sample includes married or permanently cohabiting couples with children up to 12 years old.
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Methodology

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Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social sciences (LISS) in the Netherlands (CentERdata, 2012)
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation households

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