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Work and Television

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Corneo, Giacomo

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Evidence from a sample of countries show that people roughly spend as much time watching television as earning their living. Moreover, television viewing and work hours are positively correlated across countries. A simple model based on complementarities in the organization of free time is developed that explains such a pattern as resulting from multiple equilibria. In this model the equilibria can be inversely Pareto-ranked by their amount of television viewing. Arguments are offered to explain why in some countries a Pareto-inferior equilibrium might have come into being.

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Fernsehen Arbeitszeit Korrelation Fernsehen Arbeitszeit Korrelation Television viewing work hours relational goods

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Date of first publication

2001

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Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;376

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  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Corneo, Giacomo
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2022-11-17T11:02:47Z
  • Made available on
    2008-06-30
  • Made available on
    2015-12-01T10:32:14Z
  • Made available on
    2022-11-17T11:02:47Z
  • Date of first publication
    2001
  • Abstract / Description
    Evidence from a sample of countries show that people roughly spend as much time watching television as earning their living. Moreover, television viewing and work hours are positively correlated across countries. A simple model based on complementarities in the organization of free time is developed that explains such a pattern as resulting from multiple equilibria. In this model the equilibria can be inversely Pareto-ranked by their amount of television viewing. Arguments are offered to explain why in some countries a Pareto-inferior equilibrium might have come into being.
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  • Persistent Identifier
    https://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-16869
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/1130
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8960
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Is part of
    IZA Discussion Paper Series No. 376
  • Is part of series
    Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;376
  • Keyword(s)
    Fernsehen
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Arbeitszeit
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Korrelation
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Fernsehen
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Arbeitszeit
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Korrelation
    de
  • Keyword(s)
    Television viewing
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    work hours
    en
  • Keyword(s)
    relational goods
    en
  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Work and Television
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  • DRO type
    report
  • Visible tag(s)
    PsyDok