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Beyond Time: How Does Time Use Data Reveal our Feelings and Health?

Panelists: Steve Lopez, Dr. Jack Monell, and The Honorable Alexander Williams, Jr.

Family structure in the United States has shifted substantially over the last three decades, yet the causes and implications of these changes for the well-being of family members remains unclear. This paper exploits task-based shifts in demand as an exogenous shock to sex-specific wages to demonstrate the role of the relative female to male wage in the family and labor market outcomes of women. I show that increases in the relative wage lead to a decline in the likelihood of marriage for those on the margin of a first marriage, and present suggestive evidence that these effects are concentrated among less-desirable matches. A higher relative wage also causes women to increase their hours of work, reduce their dependence on a male earner, and increase the likelihood of taking guardianship over their children. These findings indicate that improvements in the relative wage have facilitated women’s independence by reducing the monetary incentive for marriage, and can account for 20% of the decline in marriage between 1980 and 2010.

Dave Karpf, George Washington University

Office of Diversity & Inclusion

Workshop on Data Equity Issues in Quantifying Racism, Race, and Ethnicity (Virtual)with Dr. Alyasah Ali Sewell

An overview of the 2021 ATUS Time Use Survey and Well-Being module data

Hosted by the National Academies’ Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

An overview of visualization strategies for time use data, including the ATUS-X data visualization tool

JPSM Short Course