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Intertemporal Elasticity of Substitution with Leisure Margin

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  • Takeshi Yagihashi

    (Senior Economist, Policy Research Institute)

  • Juan Du

    (Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Strome College of Business, Old Dominion University and Lecturer, Faculty of Global Management, Chuo University)

Abstract

This paper investigates whether the estimation of the intertemporal elasticity of substitution of consumption (IES) would be affected when leisure time is allowed to vary. To this end, we adopt a utility specification that allows interactions between consumption and leisure and estimate IES using a pair of Euler equations. We find that the IES estimates that allow leisure to respond to the market interest rate are consistently lower than the IES estimates using the conventional method that keeps leisure constant. We show that time spent on home production explains majority of the difference between the two IES estimates due to the higher substitutability of home production time, particularly the childcare component, compared with other leisure time. When we exclude home production from nonmarket time, we find the IES estimates become larger. Our findings demonstrate the importance of time allocation when individuals make decisions on consumption and saving.

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  • Takeshi Yagihashi & Juan Du, 2020. "Intertemporal Elasticity of Substitution with Leisure Margin," Discussion papers ron322, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance Japan.
    • Handle: RePEc:mof:wpaper:ron322
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    JEL classification:

    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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