
doi: 10.2139/ssrn.898594
handle: 10419/67921 , 10419/33509
This paper argues that public holidays facilitate the co-ordination of leisure time but do not constrain the annual amount of leisure. Public holidays therefore have benefits both in the utility of leisure on holidays and (by enabling people to maintain social contacts more easily) in increasing the utility of leisure on normal weekdays and weekends. The paper uses the variation (13 to 17) in public holidays across German Länder and the German Time Use Survey of 2001-02 to show that public holidays have beneficial impacts on social life on normal weekdays and weekends. Since these benefits are additional to the other benefits of holidays, it suggests that there is a case to be made for more public holidays.
Diese Studie argumentiert, dass Feiertage die Koordination von Freizeit fördern nicht aber den jährlichen Umfang von Freizeit ändern. Feiertage bringen deshalb einen Gewinn einerseits an Freizeitnutzen an Feiertagen und - indem sie leichter soziale Kontakte ermöglichen - andererseits an Freizeitnutzen an normalen Wochentagen und Wochenenden. Die Studie nutzt die Variation (13 bis 17) an Feiertagen in den verschiedenen Bundesländern auf der Basis der deutschen Zeitbudgetstudie 2001-02 um zu zeigen, dass Feiertage einen Gewinn bezüglich des sozialen Lebens an normalen Wochentagen und Wochenenden erbringen. Da dieser Gewinn zusätzlich zum Nutzen aus Feiertagen ist, spricht dies für vermehrte Feiertage.
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