Abstract:Household non‐market production is not observed directly and therefore not known. This paper develops a methodological approach to the description of household production functions based on the assumption that household non‐market production and household final consumption (as defined in National Accounts) are interdependent. What households produce and the way they produce depends to a large extent on what they may acquire on the market. Empirical data is provided both by the French National Accounts and Hous… Show more
“…Outsourcing can take a number of forms. Some market goods or services substitute for domestic activity by replacing it entirely, such as child care and domestic cleaning (Chadeau & Roy, 1986). Households can also purchase domestic appliances and aids that raise productivity and increase convenience.…”
The increased participation of women in paid labor has changed the organization of domestic work. This article deals with a strategy to cope with remaining domestic duties; to what extent are domestic tasks outsourced, what are the main determinants, and does it indeed save time spent on housework? Five outsourcing options are investigated: domestic help, take-out meals, the microwave, the dishwasher, and the dryer. Hypotheses are formulated with respect to household resources, time availability, demand, and adaptability to new appliances. These hypotheses (except the adaptability hypothesis) assume that outsourcing saves time. This underlying assumption is tested as well. Using time budget data of the Dutch population in 1995, results show that especially households with higher incomes and double earners more often make use of all kinds of outsourcing options. Furthermore, the domestic help as well as the dishwasher saves time for women, whereas the microwave is time saving for men.
“…Outsourcing can take a number of forms. Some market goods or services substitute for domestic activity by replacing it entirely, such as child care and domestic cleaning (Chadeau & Roy, 1986). Households can also purchase domestic appliances and aids that raise productivity and increase convenience.…”
The increased participation of women in paid labor has changed the organization of domestic work. This article deals with a strategy to cope with remaining domestic duties; to what extent are domestic tasks outsourced, what are the main determinants, and does it indeed save time spent on housework? Five outsourcing options are investigated: domestic help, take-out meals, the microwave, the dishwasher, and the dryer. Hypotheses are formulated with respect to household resources, time availability, demand, and adaptability to new appliances. These hypotheses (except the adaptability hypothesis) assume that outsourcing saves time. This underlying assumption is tested as well. Using time budget data of the Dutch population in 1995, results show that especially households with higher incomes and double earners more often make use of all kinds of outsourcing options. Furthermore, the domestic help as well as the dishwasher saves time for women, whereas the microwave is time saving for men.
“…1 Other groups of activities not considered by national accounts are: underground activities, illegal activities or the informal sector (OECD et al, 2002). A classification of household activities can be found in Chadeau & Roy (1986).…”
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“…Previous examples of extending a SAM to supplement national accounts with economic topics falling outside the market mechanisms can be found in Bos et al (1994) for R&D issues, in and de Haan & Keuning (1996) for environmental accounts. As for household production, previous theoretical attempts to link home production and market production are those of Chadeau & Roy (1986) and Lützel (1989). A pioneering empirical approach can be found in Jorgenson & Fraumeni (1989).…”
This paper implements the conceptual framework sketched by Pyatt (1990) to construct an extended Social Accounting Matrix for Spain in 1995 (ESAM-95) to consider, in addition to the market economy, the production of services provided by households through unpaid work. In doing so, the ESAM-95 integrates the accounts related to market activities (ESA accounts) with non-market activities (non-ESA accounts) in a consistent way. Additional classifications are introduced in both ESA and non-ESA accounts in order to disaggregate the institutional accounts by household type and those of production factors by educational level and gender. The extended SAM is useful to calibrate CGE models in which the distribution of time between paid and unpaid work is a relevant variable.Social accounting matrix, use of time, household production,
“…The present study focuses on the purchase of outsourcing services such as domestic help, restaurant meals and daycare for children. The outsourcing of final services substitutes for domestic work by replacing it entirely (Chadeau and Roy, 1986). Such replacement of own household production by market services has become an increasingly viable option to a broad range of households in Europe (Cancedda, 2001), the United States (Hochschild, 1997), and Australia (Bittman et al, 1999).…”
Changes in the composition of households -especially the growing number of dual earners and singles -are often assumed to be associated with an increase in domestic outsourcing. In this article, trends in the outsourcing of household tasks (employing a domestic help and eating out) and the use of child daycare are analyzed with Dutch data (TBO 1980, AVO 1983. As it turns out, the observed increase over the past few decades in the outsourcing of household tasks can be explained by compositional changes. The supply of outsourcing services has not always grown accordingly. Trends in outsourcing are more than the total sum of individual demand factors. An example is the use of domestic help, which shows a net decrease. Our findings suggest that own domestic production has become more efficient, which has led to a reduction in the demand for outsourcing. The increase in the use of daycare for children can be explained as a general behavioral change, indicative of a shift in societal values concerning childcare. Parents are more inclined to hire childcare, irrespective of their personal characteristics. No systematic evidence was found for micro-level behavioral changes in outsourcing.
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