Institutions, Social Norms, and Bargaining Power: An Analysis of Individual Leisure Time in Couple Households



Table 2

Impact of Power on Leisure Time: Full Sample

By Country, Gender, and Type of Day

United States

Denmark


Women

Men

Women

Men

Work

Non-Work

Work     Non-Work

Work

Non-Work

Work

Non-Work

Days

Days

Days

Days

Days

Days

Days

Days

Power: Education Share

17.14

121.23 **

43.77

138.85 *

-10.19

190.46 *

-94.15

89.19

Married

-2.43

-14.39

-7.43

-30.44 **

-19.36 *

13.49

6.40

8.83

Enrolled in School

-12.83

-55.59 ***

-22.66 **

-45.86 ***

-54.91 ***

-161.84 ***

Education (years)

-2.52 ***

-2.68 ***

-1.44 *

-6.95 ***

0.23

-3.96

-2.54

-3.73

Age

-5.53 ***

-12.13 ***

-7.40 ***

-11.81 ***

2.91

-11.28 **

-2.22

-18.68 ***

Age Squared/100

7.23 ***

15.91 ***

8.79 ***

14.40 ***

-3.30

11.39 *

2.03

19.32 ***

# Children age 0-2

-46.02 ***

-70.59 ***

-32.44 ***

-60.52 ***

-45.71 ***

-82.75 ***

-49.84 ***

-92.02 ***

# Children age 3-5 in US, 3-6 in DK

-27.67 ***

-41.48 ***

-19.35 ***

-38.09 ***

-29.84 ***

-36.32 ***

-22.88 **

-37.99 **

# Children age 6-9 in US, 7-9 in DK

-9.26 **

-16.54 ***

-11.34 ***

-20.07 ***

-16.55

-27.40 **

-16.31

-45.07 **

# Children age 10-14

-11.70 ***

-18.98 ***

-3.17

-9.97 **

-16.52 **

-11.94

1.14

-2.72

# Children age 15-17

0.08

-16.06 ***

-1.89

4.37

3.77

15.68

-11.52

-7.65

Number of Other Adults

-7.65 *

-2.26

-1.76

1.64

-10.11

4.96

8.99

-14.45

Unemployment Rate

0.65

-0.09

1.40

2.70

2.65

6.73 **

-6.75 **

-1.36

Winter

-0.13

10.20 *

8.75 *

3.82

-8.87

-61.55 **

-12.46

14.60

Spring

-1.92

1.21

-1.82

-26.13 ***

-8.44

-15.76

-16.10 *

-34.80 ***

Summer

4.34

15.04 **

-2.72

9.40

23.18

-10.18

-27.84

-14.07

Weekend/Holiday

44.33 ***

39.84 ***

65.60 ***

36.29 ***

42.82 ***

56.75 ***

71.87 ***

46.07 ***

Number of Observations

3978

7597

5489

4915

785

1158

961

876

R-Squared

0.0797

0.1146

0.0846

0.0751

0.0776

0.1162

0.0894

0.1035

Asterisks indicate statistical significance: *** significance at the 1% level, ** at the 5% level, and * at the 10% level.

The Danish models also include a dummy variable to identify immigrants and a dummy variable to identify those residing in Copenhagen.

The US models also include controls for Black, Hispanic, and Asian race/ethnicity; 3 regional dummies; 3 metro status indicators; and 3 year dummies.

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