Economics of Leisure

Edited by the late Clem Tisdell, formerly Professor Emeritus, School of Economics, The University of Queensland, Australia

'The desire for leisure affects time allocation decisions and labour market behaviour in complex ways. More generally, leisure is a key element in the well-being of individuals and societies. Clem Tisdell is an ideal economist to bring the literature in this fascinating area together and the resulting volume will become an essential resource for anyone working in this field.'

• Contents:Volume IAcknowledgementsPreface Introduction An Overview and Assessment of the Economics of Leisure Clem TisdellPART ISOME BASIC PERSPECTIVES 1. R.H. Tawney (1930), ‘Foreword’2. Thorstein Veblen ([1899] 1934), ‘Conspicuous Leisure’3. Gordon E. O’Brien (1988), ‘Work and Leisure’4. Alfred W. Stonier and Douglas C. Hague ([1953] 1980), ‘The Supply Curve of Labour: (I) The Short Run’5. Gary S. Becker (1965), ‘A Theory of the Allocation of Time’PART IIDEMAND FOR LEISURE-TIME VERSUS WORK: EXTENSIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS 6. Leon N. Moses (1962), ‘Income, Leisure, and Wage Pressure’7. T.J. Wales and A.D. Woodland (1977), ‘Estimation of the Allocation of Time for Work, Leisure, and Housework’8. Reuben Gronau (1977), ‘Leisure, Home Production, and Work – the Theory of the Allocation of Time Revisited’9. Sara Horrell (1994), ‘Household Time Allocation and Women’s Labour Force Participation’10. L.F. Dunn (1978), ‘An Empirical Indifference Function for Income and Leisure’11. B.K. Atrostic (1982), ‘The Demand for Leisure and Nonpecuniary Job Characteristics’12. F. Thomas Juster and Frank P. Stafford (1991), ‘The Allocation of Time: Empirical Findings, Behavioral Models, and Problems of Measurement’13. Daniel Hallberg (2003), ‘Synchronous Leisure, Jointness and Household Labor Supply’14. Harl E. Ryder, Frank P. Stafford and Paula E. Stephan (1976), ‘Labor, Leisure and Training over the Life Cycle’15. David H. Greenberg (1997), ‘The Leisure Bias in Cost–benefit Analyses of Employment and Training Programs’16. Masako N. Darrough (1977), ‘A Model of Consumption and Leisure in an Intertemporal Framework: A Systematic Treatment Using Japanese Data’PART IIIWELFARE AND LEISURE 17. Staffan Burenstam Linder (1970), ‘The Increasing Scarcity of Time’18. Edmund S. Phelps (1973), ‘The Harried Leisure Class: A Demurrer’19. Jiri Zuzanek, Theo Beckers and Pascale Peters (1998), ‘The “Harried Leisure Class” Revisited: Dutch and Canadian Trends in the Use of Time From the 1970s to the 1990s’20. R.A. Musgrave (1974), ‘Maximin, Uncertainty, and the Leisure Trade-off’21. Warren S. Gramm (1987), ‘Labor, Work, and Leisure: Human Well-Being and the Optimal Allocation of Time’22. Jon D. Wisman (1998), ‘Christianity, John Paul II and the Future of Work’23. Mary F. Kokoski (1987), ‘Indices of Household Welfare and the Value of Leisure Time’24. B.M.S. van Praag, P. Frijters and A. Ferrer-i-Carbonell (2003), ‘The Anatomy of Subjective Well-being’Name IndexVolume IIAcknowledgementsA preface and introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume IPART IPUBLIC ECONOMICS, TAXATION AND LEISURE 1. Thomas More and Thomas Stevens (2000), ‘Do User Fees Exclude Low-income People From Resource-based Recreation?’2. Gordon Winston (1965), ‘Taxes, Leisure and Public Goods’ 3. Robin Barlow and Gordon R. Sparks (1964), ‘A Note on Progression and Leisure’4. J.G. Head (1966), ‘A Note on Progression and Leisure: Comment’5. Robin Barlow and Gordon R. Sparks (1966), ‘A Note on Progression and Leisure: Reply’6. John Conlisk (1968), ‘Simple Dynamic Effects in Work-Leisure Choice: A Skeptical Comment on the Static Theory’7. Gideon Fishelson (1971), ‘Simple Dynamic Effects in Work-Leisure Choice: A Rejoinder to the Skeptical Comment on the Static Theory’8. M.G. Allingham (1972), ‘Progression and Leisure’9. Manuel A. Gómez (2003), ‘Effects of Flat-rate Taxes: To What Extent Does the Leisure Specification Matter?’PART IIDEMAND FOR PARTICULAR LEISURE ACTIVITIES 10. George A. Chressanthis (1994), ‘The Demand for Chess in the United States, 1946–1990’11. Marina Bianchi (1997), ‘Collecting as a Paradigm of Consumption’12. Lee G. Anderson (1983), ‘The Demand Curve for Recreational Fishing with an Application to Stock Enhancement Activities’13. Sarah Wheeler and Richard Damania (2001), ‘Valuing New Zealand Recreational Fishing and an Assessment of the Validity of the Contingent Valuation Estimates’14. John A. Curtis (2003), ‘Demand for Water-based Leisure Activity’15. Eugene M. Christiansen (1998), ‘Gambling and the American Economy’16. Cheryl K. Baldwin and Patricia A. Norris (1999), ‘Exploring the Dimensions of Serious Leisure: “Love Me – Love My Dog!”’17. Richard L. Celsi, Randall L. Rose and Thomas W. Leigh (1993), ‘An Exploration of High-Risk Leisure Consumption Through Skydiving’PART IIITRENDS IN AVAILABLE LEISURE TIME 18. Marshall Sahlins (1974), ‘The Original Affluent Society’19. Phyllis Deane (1979), ‘2. Standards of Living and Productivity’20. P. Mathias (1979), ‘Leisure and Wages in Theory and Practice’21. Gary Cross (1993), ‘Modern Dilemmas of Time and Money’22. Frank P. Stafford (1992), ‘The Overworked American. The Unexpected Decline of Leisure – A Review’23. Thomas J. Kniesner (1976), ‘The Full-Time Workweek in the United States, 1900–1970’24. Philip L. Rones, Randy E. Ilg and Jennifer M. Gardner (1997), ‘Trends in Hours of Work Since the Mid-1970s’25. Peter Dawkins and Michael Simpson (1994), ‘Work, Leisure and the Competitiveness of Australian Industry’26. Dora L. Costa (1998), ‘The Unequal Work Day: A Long-Term View’ PART IVMISCELLANEOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO LEISURE ECONOMICS 27. Richard B. Freeman (1997), ‘Working for Nothing: The Supply of Volunteer Labor’28. Kelvin J. Lancaster (1966), ‘A New Approach to Consumer Theory’29. V.C. Walsh (1956), ‘Leisure and International Trade’30. David Darton and Gerard O’Neill (1988), ‘The Changing Role of the Household Economy in a World of Expanding Technology’31. Begoña Álvarez-Farizo, Nick Hanley and Ramón Barberán (2001), ‘The Value of Leisure Time: A Contingent Rating Approach’Name Index