The Role of »Informal« Activity in Household Economic Behaviour
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Cécora, J. (1991). The Role of »Informal« Activity in Household Economic Behaviour. Duncker & Humblot. https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-47157-7
Cécora, James. The Role of »Informal« Activity in Household Economic Behaviour. Duncker & Humblot, 1991. Book. https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-47157-7
Cécora, J (1991): The Role of »Informal« Activity in Household Economic Behaviour, Duncker & Humblot, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-47157-7
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The Role of »Informal« Activity in Household Economic Behaviour
Beiträge zur Ökonomie von Haushalt und Verbrauch, Vol. 22
(1991)
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| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preface | 7 | ||
| Table of Contents | 9 | ||
| 0 Introduction: | 13 | ||
| 0.1 General context of the subject matter | 13 | ||
| 0.2 Objectives and methods of our empirical investigation | 15 | ||
| 0.3 Definition of terms | 16 | ||
| 1 Household Behaviour in Economic Theory | 23 | ||
| 1.1 Three modules: state, enterprises, households | 24 | ||
| 1.2 Factors influencing non-market production by members of private households | 27 | ||
| 1.3 Choice theory and resource allocation | 30 | ||
| 2 Private Households in Public Statistics | 33 | ||
| 2.1 Depiction of households in general administrative statistics: National and international accounts | 33 | ||
| 2.2 Statistical instruments in the Federal Republic of Germany | 36 | ||
| 3 Informal Economic Activity of Private Households in the Light of Empirical Research | 41 | ||
| 3.1 Macro-economic investigations for evaluation purposes in administrative statistics | 42 | ||
| 3.2 Behavioural research on household ‘informal economic activity’ | 44 | ||
| 3.3 Unanswered questions and hypotheses | 49 | ||
| 4 Design and Implementation of a Survey on Household Economic Behaviour and its ‘Informal’ Aspects | 53 | ||
| 4.1 Theoretical concept | 53 | ||
| 4.2 Selection of the survey sample, survey design and implementation | 57 | ||
| 4.2.1 Selection of the survey sample | 58 | ||
| 4.2.2 Survey design and implementation | 59 | ||
| 4.3 Classification and evaluation of survey data | 63 | ||
| 4.3.1 Categories of time-use | 64 | ||
| 4.3.2 Evaluation of time-use | 67 | ||
| 4.3.3 Classification of the income and allocation of nominal and real goods | 70 | ||
| 4.3.4 Evaluation of the income and allocation of nominal and real goods | 70 | ||
| 5 Survey Results | 73 | ||
| 5.1 Utility value and allocation of household income in nominal and real goods from ‘formal’ and ‘informal’ sources | 75 | ||
| 5.1.1 Utility value of household income in nominal and real goods | 75 | ||
| 5.1.2 Household allocation of income in nominal and real goods | 81 | ||
| 5.2 Time-allocation and the utility value of ‘formal’ and ‘informal’ inputs of human capital into household subsistence | 83 | ||
| 5.2.1 Description of time-allocation by members of the survey households | 84 | ||
| 5.2.1.1 Time-input into ‘formal’ gainful activity | 86 | ||
| 5.2.1.2 Time-input into ‘housework’ | 89 | ||
| 5.2.1.3 Time-input into miscellaneous side-activities | 90 | ||
| 5.2.1.4 Time-input into non-domestic ‘informal activities’ | 91 | ||
| 5.2.1.5 Total productive use of time | 92 | ||
| 5.2.2 Utility value of time-use by members of the survey households | 93 | ||
| 5.3 Utility value of owner-occupied residences for household subsistence | 94 | ||
| 5.4 The ‘real consumption’ of the survey households and a review of the contribution of ‘informal’ resources | 94 | ||
| 5.5 Economic behaviour – as described by the ‘subsistence technology’ of private households | 100 | ||
| 6 Summary | 103 | ||
| Literature | 105 | ||
| Appendix | 117 |