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Browsing by Subject "Time allocation"

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    Accessibility and the allocation of time: changes in travel behavior 1990-2010
    (2014-11) Brosnan, Martin Paul
    Using detailed travel surveys conducted by the Metropolitan Council of the Minneapo- lis/Saint Paul region for 1990, 2000-2001, and 2010-2011, this study analyzes journey- to-work times, activity allocation and accessibility. The analysis shows a decline in the time people spend outside of their homes as well as the time people spend in travel over the past decade. Although distances per trip are increasing, the willingness to make trips is declining, resulting in fewer kilometers traveled and less time allocated to travel. This study finds accessibility to be a significant factor in commute durations. Accessibility and commute duration have large affects on the amount of time spent at work therefore activity patterns are influenced by transportation and the urban environment.
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    Essays on divorce, marriage, time allocation and employment.
    (2012-08) Genadek, Katherine Rose
    This dissertation consists of three essays in the areas of labor economics and economic demography. The first essay builds on previous research, which has analyzed the economic impacts of divorce using various methods and outcomes, and from this research it is clear that divorce has economic consequences for women. One consequence of divorce that has not been explored is changes time allocation. Time allocation, specifically time spent in leisure, is directly related to the well-being of individuals, and it is expected to change with divorce when time-use gains from joint household production are no longer realized. The results show that divorced women spend more time in market work, and less time in housework than their married counterparts. Divorced women with children are found to have less leisure time than married women, and divorced women are found to spend the same amount of time in primary childcare yet significantly less time with children while doing other activities. The second essay is on the decision to enter the labor force for women with children. This decision is based on a variety of factors that includes characteristics of spouses. Husband's work schedules, work hours, and flexibility of work time will play an important role in this decision to enter the labor force, and additionally, in the decision to work part-time or a set number of hours. This paper uses detailed time-dairy and work schedules data to investigate the relationship between husband's work schedules and maternal employment. The results show married women with children are less likely to participate in the labor force when their husbands finish work after 6:00pm when compared to husbands that finish work before 6:00pm, even while controlling for simultaneous relationship between husband's work stopping time and wife's labor force participation. Finally, the third essay of this dissertation analyzes the effect of state-level changes in divorce law on the time allocation of married men and women. The results show that married men's time allocation is not impacted by the change in divorce law, yet women are found to be spending more time in leisure and less time in household production in states with unilateral divorce law.
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    What do professors in research and doctoral institutions do all week? an exploration of faculty time, work, and drive
    (2013-06) Risbey, Kelly Rae
    This study addresses the issue of academic drive in terms of academic workload, specifically, the number of hours faculty members work. It examines the relationship between academic drive, the percentage of time faculty members allocate to seven academic work spheres (time allocation), and the difference between faculty members' actual and preferred work-sphere time allocations (time disconnection). The analysis is based on a sample of 3,812 full-time faculty members at research and doctoral institutions, using data from the 1999 U.S. National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:99) survey. The analyses demonstrate that time allocation is positively related to faculty drive, and show no statistically significant relationship between faculty drive and time disconnection. These findings suggest that how faculty members allocate time, not whether they prefer the work or not (time disconnection), is associated with the number of hours faculty members work per week.