http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/22/what-do-people-do-when-theyre-unemployed/
Apparently a sudden rise in unemployment results in more home production, such as cleaning and maintenance, that doesn't get done when employment is high.
Long term unemployment doesn't show the same results, but over the short term paid production switches to unpaid production.
Apparently a sudden rise in unemployment results in more home production, such as cleaning and maintenance, that doesn't get done when employment is high.
Long term unemployment doesn't show the same results, but over the short term paid production switches to unpaid production.