We study the effects of uncertainty on time use and their macroeconomic implications. Employing data from the American Time Use Survey and the Bureau of Labor Statistics,[...]

In Canada, the fraction of workers holding multiple jobs has almost tripled since the mid‐1970s. In this paper, we document this historical change and provide a comprehen[...]

The data and programs replicate tables and figures from "On the Evolution of Multiple Jobholding in Canada", by Kostyshyna and Lalé. Please see the ReadMe file for additi[...]

We construct quarterly US average hours worked using Current Population Survey data on employed persons at work and their actual hours worked. Our methodology can be appl[...]

Using all taxi, Lyft and Uber rides in New York City, we show that the number of Uber and Lyft rides is significantly correlated with whether it rained. The number of Ube[...]

From 1961 to 2007, U.S. aggregate hours worked increased and the labor wedge-measured as the discrepancy between a representative household's marginal rate of substitutio[...]

From 1980 until 2007, U.S. average hours worked increased by thirteen percent, due to a large increase in female hours. At the same time, the U.S. labor wedge, measured a[...]

In a recent paper, Chang, Gomes, and Schorfheide (2002) extend the standard real business cycle (RBC) model to allow for a learning-by-doing (LBD) mechanism whereby curre[...]

The hypothesis of intertemporal substitution in labour supply has a history of empirical failure when confronted with aggregate time-series data. The authors show that a [...]