Working Hours and the Family - working preferences/economic incentives/ childcare and divorce/retirement and time-use Arbejdstid og familien Arbejdstidsonsker/arbejdstid og skat/bern og skilsmisse/pensionering og samvaer Syddansk Universitetsforlag
Indhold Foreword 9 Forord 10 Sammenfatning: Arbejdstid og familien 11 Arbejdstids0nsker/arbejdstid og skat/bern og skilsmisse/ pensionering og samvaer I Omsasttes arbejdstids0nsker til virkelighed? 12 - arbejdstidsprceferencer og cendringer i arbejdstid, og velfcerd II III Er det kun den normale arbejdstid, der pävirkes af skatten? 13 - mcend og kvinders normale og faktiske arbejdstider og den marginale skat Mar born nogen betydning for msend og kvinders arbejdstid? 14 - mcend og kvinders tidsanvendelse i forskellige livsfaser IV Borneomsorg, voksenliv og skilsmisse 16 - b0rneomsorg og forskellige familieformer, og b0rns succes sidenhen V Hvor störe forskelle er der i foraeldres berneomsorg? 17 - en sammenligning mellem Danmark, UK og Canada VI Pensionering af kaerlighed? 18 - fritiden f0r og efter arbejdsmarkedet I Omsasttes arbejdstids0nsker til virkelighed? 21 - arbejdstidspraeferencer og aendringer i arbejdstid, og velfaerd Do preferences impact behavior and wellbeing? A panel study of preferred and actual working hours 2001-2008/09 23 Marie Louise Schultz-Nielsen 1. Introduction 24 2. Literature review 25 3. Data 28 4. Empirical strategy 30
5. Descriptives 32 6. Couples' preferences for working hours 34 7. A panel analysis of preferred and actual working hours, the harmonization process, and constraints 37 8. Working hour tension and wellbeing 42 9. Preferred and actual working hours - a macro perspective 45 10. Summary 46 Bibliography 48 II Er det kun den normale arbejdstid, der pävirkes af skatten? 51 - maend og kvinders normale og faktiske arbejdstider og den marginale skat Spouses' supply of labor: How dependent are wage rate and income effects to the specification of working hours? 53 Cecilie Svane Olesen 1. Background 54 2. Labor supply and different measures of working hours - a hypothesis 55 3. Different measures of working hours 56 3.1. Distribution of working hours 58 3.2. Working hours and the business cycle 61 4. The Danish tax system 62 5. Data 64 6. Descriptive statistics 65 7. Econometric model 71 8. Results 72 8.1 Taxes, working hours and education 75 8.2 Taxes and working hours of spouses 78 8.3 Taxes, working hours and preferences for leisure among spouses 79 8.4 Taxes, working hours and satisfaction with leisure time for spouses 83 8.5 Taxes, working hours and education for spouses 84 8.6 Tax change and working hours, 2001-2008/09 88 9. Conclusion 92 Bibliography 94
Appendix 97 A The tax model 97 B Tax rates and working time of respondents with a strictly positive amount of working hours 99 III Mar b0rn nogen betydning for maend og kvinders arbejdstid? 103 - maend og kvinders tidsanvendelse i forskellige livsfaser How Time Use Varies With Life Stage In Denmark: A Cross-sectional and a Panel Study 2001-2009 105 1. Introduction 106 2. Literature review 106 3. Data 109 4. Descriptive statistics 110 5. Empirical strategy 115 6. Results 117 6.1 Multivariate ordinary least squares results 17 7 6.2 Fixed effects results 120 7. Conclusion 123 Bibliography 125 IV Borneomsorg, voksenliv og skilsmisse 127 - b0rneomsorg og forskellige familieformer, og borns succes sidenhen Childcare and child outcomes - and parental divorce 129 1. Background 130 2. Theory 130 3. Data 134 4. Descriptive 136 5. Parental time Investment 137 6. Child outcomes 141 7. Conclusion 144 Bibliography 145
V Hvor störe forskelle er der i foraeldres borneomsorg? 149 - en sammenligning mellem Danmark, UK og Canada Resources available to children: A comparison between Den mark, UK and Canada 151 Lori Curtis 1. Introduction 152 2. Inputs to children 154 2.1 Data and Measures 154 2.2 Measures of time available to children 161 2.3 Valuation of time 162 2.4 Income and Expenditure measures 163 3. Results 164 5. Conclusion and discussion 172 Bibliography 175 VI Pensionering af kserlighed? 179 - fritiden for og efter arbejdsmarkedet Love and retirement: Older couples' leisure time before and after retirement 181 1. Introduction 182 2. The Danish Pension System 183 3. Data and descriptive statistics 184 a. Time allocation - leisure time 188 b. Simultaneous retirement 190 4. Leisure time before and after retirement 191 5. The analyses 192 a. A double regression discontinuity approach 192 b. Results - 1 st stage 194 c. Results - 2nd stage 197 6. Conclusion 199 Bibliography 200 Appendix 202