Journal article
Down the Rabbit Hole: Habit-formation in internet use among unemployed workers
Economics letters, v 215, 110514
Jun 2022
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Abstract
This paper tests for habit-formation in leisure-related internet use (LIU) using time-diary data from a panel of unemployed workers. Drawing on insights from the consumption-habit literature, I use a model of intertemporal time allocation to derive a test for habit-formation in leisure activities. The data reveal strong evidence of habit-formation in LIU among the Generation-X age cohort. With the exception of reading, I find no evidence of habit-formation in offline leisure.
•Model of leisure-time allocation in the presence of habit-formation.•New evidence of habit-formation in online leisure time.•No evidence of habit-formation in offline leisure activities, with the exception of reading.
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- Title
- Down the Rabbit Hole: Habit-formation in internet use among unemployed workers
- Creators
- Tristan Potter - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Economics letters, v 215, 110514
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Economics (School of Economics)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000794521100006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85129457757
- Other Identifier
- 991019167436804721
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