IZA Conference of the International Research Consortium in the Economics of Time Use |
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May 26 - 27, 2003, St. Gerlach, The Netherlands
Conference Report
Final Program
Monday, May 26
| 8:30 - 8:35 | Welcome Gerard Pfann (IZA) | |
| 8:35 - 8:45 | Introduction Dan Hamermesh (University of Texas and IZA) | |
| 8:45 - 9:45 | Stephen P. Jenkins (University of Essex and IZA) and Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University) "Nobody to play with? The implications of leisure coordination" (updated August 2003) Discussant: Frank Stafford (University of Michigan) |
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| 9:45 - 10:45 | Jens Bonke, Nabanita Datta Gupta and Nina Smith (Aarhus School of Business and IZA) "Timing and Flexibility of Housework and Men and Women’s Wages" (updated August 2003) Discussant: Joyce P. Jacobsen (Wesleyan University) |
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| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:15 - 12:15 | Joyce P. Jacobsen (Wesleyan University) and Peter Kooreman (University of Groningen and IZA) "Timing Constraints and the Allocation of Time: The Effects of Changing Shopping Hours Regulations in the Netherlands" (updated August 2003) Discussant: Patricia Apps (University of Sydney and IZA) |
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| 12:15 - 13:15 | Lunch | |
| 13:15 - 14:15 | Anders Klevmarken (Uppsala University and IZA) "Estimates of a labor supply function using alternative measures of hours of work" (updated August 2003) Discussant: Nabanita Datta Gupta (Aarhus School of Business) |
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| 14:15 - 15:15 | René Fahr (IZA) "'I'm not Loafing, Darling, I'm Learning!' The Demand for Informal Education" (updated September 2003) Discussant: Peter Kooreman (University of Groningen and IZA) |
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| 15:15 - 15:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:45 - 16:45 | Frank Stafford (University of Michigan) and Jean Yeung (New York University) "The Distribution of Children’s Developmental Resources" (updated September 2003) Discussant: Nina Smith (Aarhus School of Business and IZA) |
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| 16:45 - 17:30 | Mike Horrigan and Diane Herz (Bureau of Labor Statistics) "A Study in the Process of Planning, Designing and Executing a Survey Program: The BLS American Time-Use Survey" Comment: Dan Hamermesh (University of Texas and IZA) |
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| 19:30 | Dinner |
Tuesday, May 27
| 8:30 - 9:30 | Patricia Apps (University of Sydney and IZA) and Ray Rees (University of Munich) "Life Cycle Time Allocation and Saving in an Imperfect Capital Market" (updated September 2003)Discussant: Gerard Pfann (IZA) |
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| 9:30 - 10:30 | Namkee Ahn and Juan Francisco Jimeno (FEDEA, Madrid and IZA) "Unemployment, Time Use, and Consumption Patterns: Some Evidence for Spain" (updated September 2003) Discussant: Stephen P. Jenkins (University of Essex and IZA) |
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| 10:30 - 10:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45 - 11:45 | Dan Hamermesh (University of Texas and IZA) "Routine" (updated August 2003) Discussant: Juan F. Jimeno (FEDEA, Madrid and IZA) |
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| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Andrea Ichino and Anna Sanz de Galdeano (European University Institute and IZA) "Reconciling Motherhood and Work - Evidence from Time Use Data in Three Countries" (updated August 2003) Discussant: Anders Klevmarken (Uppsala University and IZA) |
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| 14:00 - 14:15 | Summary by Dan Hamermesh (University of Texas and IZA) and Anders Klevmarken (Uppsala University and IZA) | |
| 14:15 | Adjournment |