The Allocation of Capital and Time over the Business Cycle.

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Journal: Journal of Political Economy
Year: 1991
Volume: 99
Issue: 6
Pages: 1188-214

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

A Beckerian model of household production is developed to study the cyclical allocation of capital and time between market and home activities. The adopted framework treats the business and household sectors symmetrically. In the market, labor interacts with business capital to produce market goods and services, and likewise at home the remaining time (leisure) is combined with household capital to produce home goods and services. The model presented is parameterized and simulated to see whether it can rationalize the observed allocation of capital and time, as well as other stylized facts, for the postwar U.S. economy. Copyright 1991 by University of Chicago Press.

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RePEc Handle
repec:ucp:jpolec:v:99:y:1991:i:6:p:1188-214
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25