This purpose of this study is two-fold: the first is to analyze the impacts of
weather on working men and women’s time use, the second is to estimate
intertemporal substitution of labor in which the enjoyment of leisure is a
function of the weather. Using Korea Time Use Survey data for 1999, 2004,
and 2009 matched with weather reports, the impact of a rainy day on the time
spent in work and leisure was examined. This study finds that men work 22
minutes less and have an average of 15 minutes more leisure on rainy days.
The findings for women show the same pattern, but variation is smaller. This
effect varies greatly by cohorts and employment types, with 40s and
self-employed showing the largest variation. I estimated intertemporal
substitution of labor using exogenous variations in daily weather to see how
time at work varies with rain. A rough estimate of the intertemporal elasticity
of labor supply for men was computed, with a result of about -0.0055, which
is extremely minimal.