The Impact of Non-Labor Income Given Job Heterogeneity on Household Time Allocation： The Evidence from China  

作　　者：Junhui Hu Yongchong Mao Jinghua Zhang 

机构地区：[1]Dongfang College, ZhejiangUniversity of Finance and Economics, Haining 314408, China [2]Decision Science & Analytics, Scotiabank, Toronto, M5H 3R3, Canada [3]Research Institute of Finance and Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics,Shanghai 200433, China

出　　处：《Frontiers of Economics in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities》2015年第1期113-136,共24页中国高等学校学术文摘·经济学（英文版）

基　　金：Acknowledgements We would like to thank National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 71203129）, Social Sciences Fund Project of China＇ s Ministry of Education in 2012 （ No. 12JYC790062） and Shanghai Shuguang Plan （No. 13 SG36） for supporting our research.

摘　　要：This paper proposes a theoretical framework based on new household economic theories. A dataset from the 2006 China Health and Nutrition Survey （CHNS） is used. Given heterogeneity in major family members＇ jobs, the effect of non-labor income on household time allocation is discussed under two scenarios： jobs with flexible work hours and jobs with fixed work hours in the market. Based on the nature of the employer the major family member works for, employers can be categorized into four categories： government-owned, family contract, privately-owned, and foreign-funded. Each of the four categories is used for dissecting the data into different sets for analysis by category. The results imply that job heterogeneity is significantly correlated to household time allocation. An increase in non-labor income results in a decrease in the time allocated to housework for all households. However, leisure time is allocated differently among different households due to job heterogeneity. An increase in non-labor income leads to less leisure time for households working for government-owned or foreign-funded enterprises, and more leisure time for households working for family contract or privately-owned enterprises.This paper proposes a theoretical framework based on new household economic theories. A dataset from the 2006 China Health and Nutrition Survey （CHNS） is used. Given heterogeneity in major family members＇ jobs, the effect of non-labor income on household time allocation is discussed under two scenarios： jobs with flexible work hours and jobs with fixed work hours in the market. Based on the nature of the employer the major family member works for, employers can be categorized into four categories： government-owned, family contract, privately-owned, and foreign-funded. Each of the four categories is used for dissecting the data into different sets for analysis by category. The results imply that job heterogeneity is significantly correlated to household time allocation. An increase in non-labor income results in a decrease in the time allocated to housework for all households. However, leisure time is allocated differently among different households due to job heterogeneity. An increase in non-labor income leads to less leisure time for households working for government-owned or foreign-funded enterprises, and more leisure time for households working for family contract or privately-owned enterprises.

关 键 词：non-labor income job heterogeneity time allocation houseworktime leisure time 

分 类 号：F124.7[经济管理—世界经济] Q958.12[生物学—动物学]