Daniel Hamermesh picks up on the American Time Use Survey. He notes:
In this recession, average work time (including school) dropped by 15 minutes a day. Of this drop, 6 minutes went to additional sleeping; and another 6 minutes went to additional TV-watching. The average American actually spent 2 minutes less on household production. The recession didn’t shift work from market to home activities that we think of as productive; the drop in market work went into activities that, at least at the margin, most of us would view as unproductive.
You mean watching Jersey Shore is inefficient? Whatever. I do what I want.
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