The other day, economist Allison Schrager and I decided to contribute to the economy. “We are on the High Line, a famed park in New York City's west side. And we are just leisurely hanging out — we ...
On July 22, 2021, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics released the results of the 2020 American Time Use Survey (ATUS), an annual study of how the people of the U.S. spend their time. While the study ...
You might pay more for electricity during peak hours. How you can use that to your advantage, especially if you have solar panels. Do you pay the same for electricity in the evening as you do in the ...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics, the federal agency that puts out the monthly jobs report and the consumer price index, also collects data on people’s daily routines. The American Time Use Survey ...
We try to use our time wisely—both at work and in leisure—but we often waste it. We may blame work for stripping us of recreation, but when valuable free time comes around, we can often revert back to ...
Americans spent less time reading and more time watching TV last year than ever before, according to new time use data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. On any given day in 2018, the average ...
Childcare is probably Australia’s largest industry, most of it unpaid. We know this because of Australian Bureau of Statistics time use surveys. Since 1992 these surveys have recorded what thousands ...