Title: Health and time allocated to market and household work in Turkey

Authors: Burcu Duzgun-Oncel

Addresses: Department of Economics, Marmara University, Goztepe Campus, Office 114, Kadikoy 34722, Istanbul, Turkey

Abstract: I examine the association between health and time allocation to market work and household work by using the Turkish Time Use Survey in 2014. I define household work as the sum of time devoted to non-market work and leisure. In supplement to previous studies on the subject regarding Turkey, I consider two new aspects. One of these aspects I assess is the intertemporal component of time allocation decisions. The other aspect I cover is the potential selection bias of health status in time allocation decisions. For the former purpose, I focus on non-student, non-retired individuals. For the latter, I apply propensity score matching (PSM). Examining these two aspects, I find that as health improves, time devoted to market work significantly rises and time devoted to leisure falls for both males and females in this group. I also find that the association between health and time use on non-market activities is insignificant for males.

Keywords: health status; time use; propensity score matching; PSM; Turkey.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEBR.2024.136156

International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 2024 Vol.27 No.1, pp.44 - 59

Received: 03 Jun 2021
Accepted: 14 Aug 2021
Published online: 19 Jan 2024 *

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