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Consumption and time use responses to unemployment: Implications for the lifecycle model
Been,Jim Suari-Andreu,E. Knoef,Marike Alessie,R.J.M.
Been,Jim
Suari-Andreu,E.
Knoef,Marike
Alessie,R.J.M.
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In this study, we analyse the effects of unemployment on consumption and time use. To do so, we employ a micro panel dataset for the Netherlands containing a large set of expenditure and time use categories. Our results show a small negative effect of unemployment on expenditures, and large positive effects on time spent on home production and leisure activities. We do not find evidence for complementarity between leisure and consumption or for substitution between home production and expenditures. We use our results to estimate a ratio of relevant lifecycle parameters, and show that the point estimates and their precision depend strongly on the expenditure and time use categories considered.
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Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors. Economica published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of London School of Economics and Political Science.
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2024-01
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Been, J, Suari-Andreu, E, Knoef, M & Alessie, R J M 2024, 'Consumption and time use responses to unemployment: Implications for the lifecycle model', Economica, vol. 91, no. 361, pp. 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12494