Household production and consumption over the life cycle National Time Transfer Accounts in 14 European countries

• Published in: Demographic research Vol. 36; pp. 905 - 944
• Main Authors: Vargha, Lili, Gál, Róbert Iván, Crosby-Nagy, Michelle O.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 23.03.2017
• Subjects: Age; Age groups; Child care; childcare; Commercial production; cross-national research; Economic aspects; Family economics; gender; Household consumption; Households; housework; intergenerational transfers; Life cycles (Biology); Men; national transfer accounts (NTA); Research Article; time use; Women; Europe

Background: While the importance of unpaid household labour is recognised in total economic output, little is known about the demographics of household production and consumption. Objective: Our goal is to give a comprehensive estimation on the value of household production and its consumption by ag...