Table 7 The effect of retirement on joint and separate leisure: simultaneous-equation estimates, instrumenting retirement of both partners with the age ≥ 60 dummies; with additional controls. Sample excluding couples in which the woman is a “housewife”
His retirement | Her retirement | ||
His age 60 and above | 0.342*** | 0.151*** | |
(0.041) | (0.050) | ||
Her age 60 and above | 0.097** | 0.339*** | |
(0.041) | (0.051) | ||
Mean retirement (age 55–59) | 0.353 | 0.221 | |
Outcome definition a, same leisure activity, same time interval, with family | |||
His separate leisure | Her separate leisure | Joint leisure | |
He retired | 161.84* | −101.66 | −54.27 |
(98.27) | (90.63) | (66.09) | |
She retired | −86.69 | 251.56** | 117.49* |
(94.66) | (87.30) | (63.66) | |
Mean leisure (at age 55–59) | 274.71 | 197.05 | 142.94 |
Outcome definition b, same leisure activity, same time interval, same place | |||
His separate leisure | Her separate leisure | Joint leisure | |
He retired | 208.34** | −55.18 | −100.75 |
(92.27) | (8238) | (73.67) | |
She retired | −108.96 | 229.29** | 139.77** |
(88.88) | (79.35) | (70.96) | |
Mean leisure (at age 55–59) | 227.5 | 150.29 | 190.15 |
Outcome definition c, same leisure activity, same time interval | |||
His separate leisure | Her separate leisure | Joint leisure | |
He retired | 188.48** | −75.04 | −80.90 |
(92.03) | (78.59) | (74.01) | |
She retired | −127.30 | 210.95** | 158.10** |
(88.65) | (75.70) | (71.30) | |
Mean leisure (at age 55–59) | 243.97 | 166.76 | 173.68 |
Outcome definition d, any leisure activity, same time interval, same place | |||
His separate leisure | Her separate leisure | Joint leisure | |
He retired | 228.84** | −34.70 | −121.26 |
(88.67) | (68.62) | (80.26) | |
She retired | −187.37** | 150.90** | 218.18** |
(85.61) | (66.10) | (77.31) | |
Mean leisure (at age 55–59) | 206.76 | 129.56 | 210.88 |