This study was undertaken for three purposes: (1) to investigate the role of household wage earners in the use of non-market time; (2) to estimate the relationship between household earner wages and the consumption of time-specific characteristics; (3) to investigate the role of wants for needs and luxuries in the use of non-market time by the household. / Hypotheses proposed to explain these relations were based on a forward-sloping labor supply function exhibited by the household. Low wages were assumed to be consistent with relatively large amounts of available non-market time combined with a dominant demand for needs, both resulting in the household directing non-market activities primarily towards the production of "needs commodities." High wages were assumed to be consistent with relatively small amounts of available non-market time combined with a dominant demand for luxuries, both resulting in the household directing non-market activities towards the consumption of "luxury commodities." / The empirical analysis utilized a large, cross-sectional study of detailed household food expenditures. Hypothesized differences in budget share estimates at different values of the household wage serve as the central empirical test of this study. The distribution of various demographic characteristics at different wages was examined also. / Budget share estimates of the time-specific food groups were consistent with the hypothesis and statistically significant at a five percent confidence level. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-09, Section: A, page: 2921. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75394 |
| Contributors | PAYNE, MILLARD BARRY., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 185 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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