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SUMMARY:Lifestyle Dynamics Index: Worldwide Results and household economic
  implications - Dr Raúl Sanchis\, ICEI (Complutense University of Madrid)
DTSTART:20171018T150000Z
DTEND:20171018T160000Z
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CONTACT:Ingrid Cizaite
DESCRIPTION:A novel index which captures lifestyle dynamics is described i
 n this talk. By means of social time use surveys\, increasingly spreading 
 worldwide\, we develop the so-called Lifestyle Dynamics Index\, which is b
 ased on the information on activities provided by the Multinational Time U
 se Study (MTUS). We provide worldwide results of the Lifestyle Dynamics In
 dex for all available countries historically. These results confirm a clea
 r worldwide pattern towards a less dynamic lifestyle. Particularly\, we st
 udy the case of the United States for the 2003-2012 time series period and
  since 2013 we perform a state level analysis\; such results show the pote
 ntial of this index since it is strongly related to relevant socio-economi
 c information at the individual and household level\, namely the per capit
 a total household expenditures\, obesity rates\, net household savings\, g
 dp or unemployment rates. As more time use data (already collected) were r
 eleased worldwide\, the results of this index will grow exponentially and 
 the potential use for socio-economic policy purposes of the Lifestyle Dyna
 mics Index could be better exploited.\n\nDr Sanchis is an Associate Resear
 cher at ICEI (Complutense University of Madrid) and a Visiting Scholar at 
 the Department of Land Economy (University of Cambridge). His main researc
 h interest are connected to household and behavioral economics with specia
 l emphasis on time allocation models. He holds an M.Phil in Environmental 
 and Development Economics (University of Oslo) and a PhD in Economics (wit
 h honours\, Complutense University of Madrid). In the recent past he has b
 een a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Economics at Carlos III Uni
 versity of Madrid and a fellow in the RCC at Harvard University.
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 1
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