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B. Mey, Marcus Dittrich

Are people satisfied with their time use?

Empirical evidence from German survey data

Economics Bulletin, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 2903-2914

2015

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Using data from the German Time Use Survey, we examine how people allocate their time and how satisfied people are with their time use. Our results suggest that people are more satisfied with the time spent on work and work-related activities than with the time spent on leisure, family, and friends. Moreover, we find that non-employed individuals are more satisfied with their time spent on private and leisure activities than employed individuals. Exploring the factors that affect overall time use satisfaction, we find - among significant age and gender effects - a much more positive effect of time spent on various leisure activities for employed than for non-employed individuals.

Angewandte Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Zeitschriftenartikel

B. Mey, Marcus Dittrich

Gender differences in volunteer activities: Evidence from German survey data

Economics Bulletin, vol. 35, no. 1, pp. 349-360

2015

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In this study, we examine the gender differences in formal and informal volunteering using data from a Time Use Survey in Germany. Our study finds strong evidence that women are more likely to volunteer formally if they also volunteer informally, suggesting that the decisions are complementary. However, for men the decisions to volunteer formally and informally are not significantly related. Moreover, we find that gender differences in labour force participation cannot explain our results.