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Lifestyle Dynamics Index : Time Use Methodology and Worldwide Results

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Economíaes
dc.contributor.authorG. Sanchis, Raúl
dc.contributor.authorVicente Pérez, José
dc.contributor.editorUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economíaes
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-14T12:06:33Z
dc.date.available2017-07-14T12:06:33Z
dc.date.issued2017-05-14
dc.description.abstractA novel index which captures lifestyle dynamics is described in this paper. By means of official time use surveys, increasingly spreading worldwide, we develop the so-called Lifestyle Dynamics Index, which is based on the information on activities provided by the Multinational Time Use Study (MTUS). We provide worldwide results of the Lifestyle Dynamics Index for all available countries historically. These results confirm a clear worldwide pattern towards a less dynamic lifestyle. Particularly, we study the case of the United States for the 2003&-2012 decade; such results show the potential of this index since it is strongly related to relevant socio-economic information at the individual and household level, namely the per capita total household expenditure, obesity rates, net household savings and consumption of energy related goods. As more data &-already collected&- were released worldwide, the results of this index will grow exponencially and the potential use for socio-economic policy purposes of the Lifestyle Dynamics Index could be better exploited.en
dc.description.sponsorshipBoth authors are extremely grateful to the Department of Economics at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), since without the Department and its support this paper would have not been possible; the academic environment and logistic support provided at UC3M were extremely helpful and crutial for us in this work. We also thank the faculty who helped us with it, in particular Prof. Antonio Romero. R. G. Sanchis has been partially supported by the UC3M Postdoctoral Research Fellowships. J. Vicente-Pérez has been partially supported by MINECO of Spain and ERDF of EU, Grants MTM2014-59179-C2-1-P and ECO2016-77200-P.en
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dc.identifier.issn2340-5031es
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/24745
dc.identifier.uxxiDT/0000001574es
dc.language.isoenges
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUC3M Working Papers. Economicsen
dc.relation.ispartofseries17-06es
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. MTM2014-59179-C2-1-Pes
dc.relation.projectIDGobierno de España. ECO2016-77200-Pes
dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España*
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accessen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/*
dc.subject.otherHouseholdsen
dc.subject.otherLifestyleen
dc.subject.otherTime Useen
dc.subject.otherSocio-Economic Behavioren
dc.titleLifestyle Dynamics Index : Time Use Methodology and Worldwide Resultsen
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