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How do Adolescents Spell Time Use?

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Charlene M. Kalenkoski () (Department of Economics, Ohio University)
David C. Ribar () (Department of Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
Leslie S. Stratton () (Department of Economics, VCU School of Business)

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We investigate how household disadvantage affects the time use of 15-18 year-olds using 2003- 2006 data from the American Time Use Survey. Applying competing-risk hazard models, we distinguish between the incidence and duration of activities and incorporate the daily time constraint. We find that teens living in disadvantaged households spend less time in nonclassroom schooling activities than other teens. Girls spend some of this time in work activities, suggesting they are taking on adult roles. However we find more evidence of substitution into unsupervised activities, suggesting that it may be less structured environments that reduce educational investment.

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Paper provided by VCU School of Business, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 0904.

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Date of creation: Aug 2009
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Keywords: Time use; adolescence; event history models;

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J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth

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