Work or Leisure? The Effect of Housing on Time-Usage

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Abstract: This study aims to examine how housing affects the trade-off between time spent on work and leisure for working-age adults in the United States by utilizing variations in state-level property tax rates. Using data from the American Time Use Survey and the American Community Survey, this paper makes use of a fixed effects linear regression and a counterfactual estimator to understand the relationship between state-level effective property tax rates and time spent on leisure. Results show that shocks to the effective property tax rates result in net decreases in average time spent on leisure, although the estimates are not statistically significant. However, this may be due to limitations on power and small effect sizes. Future steps and extensions are discussed as additional research opportunities.

Author	Song, Elizabeth
Advisor	Pistaferri, Luigi

DOI	https://doi.org/10.25740/rn558qk6035, https://doi.org/10.25740/rn558qk6035
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/rn558qk6035

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Preferred citation: Song, E. (2024). Work or Leisure? The Effect of Housing on Time-Usage. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/rn558qk6035. https://doi.org/10.25740/rn558qk6035.

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