How work patterns affect leisure activities and energy consumption: A time-use analysis for Finland and France

Franziska Klein*, Stefan Drews, Ivan Savin, Jeroen van den Bergh

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Abstract

Studies on socio-economic impacts of climate and energy policies tend to focus on income and expenditure effects. For analyses that go beyond monetary dimensions, time-diary data have proven to be useful. Here we investigate how work time relates to leisure activity structures and associated energy use for different types of employees. To this end, an analysis of time-use data is undertaken for Finland and France. Novel elements are (1) a differentiation between part-time and full-time employees, (2) the use of distinct energy intensities of different activities by household type instead of average energy intensities, and (3) allowing for non-linear relationships between work time and the allocation of other activities. Our results suggest that the effects of work time on energy use are rather homogeneous in Finland, whereas we find more differences between employee types in France. In both countries, adjustment of leisure-activity duration is sometimes strong initially but flattening for longer work hours. This relates to another finding, namely that the composition of leisure activities differs between people with distinct work hours. Our study suggests that analysis of disaggregated time-use data can add relevant insights for evaluation, and possibly design, of energy, climate and labour-market policies.

Original languageEnglish
Article number102054
Pages (from-to)1-10
Number of pages10
JournalEnergy Research and Social Science
Volume76
Early online date10 Apr 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study has received funding through an ERC Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement n° 741087). IS acknowledges financial support from the Russian Science Foundation (RSF grant number 19-18-00262).

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© 2021 Elsevier Ltd

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Funding

This study has received funding through an ERC Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant agreement n° 741087). IS acknowledges financial support from the Russian Science Foundation (RSF grant number 19-18-00262).

FundersFunder number
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme741087
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
European Research Council
Russian Science Foundation19-18-00262
Russian Science Foundation

    Keywords

    • Employment status
    • Energy demand
    • Energy intensity
    • Time-use analysis
    • Work time

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