Consuming Knowledge: Studying Knowledge Use in Leisure and Work Activities

1. Introduction.- Introduction: Consuming Knowledge.- Plan of the Exposition.- Contrasting Disciplinal Frameworks in the Study of Consumption.- Studying Non-Work Activities.- An Interactive System in Non-Work Activities.- Estimation of the Activity System.- Disturbances to the Activity System: Studying Effects of Environments.- Summary and Conclusions.- Notes.- References.- 2. Dimensioning Consumption: The Use of Knowledge in Non-Work Activities.- Factor Inputs in Non-Work Activities.- Consumer Objectives in Non-Work Activities.- Identity-Yielding Non-Work Activities.- Functional Form for a Multi-Factor Non-Work Activity System.- Dynamic Properties of the Activity System.- Examining the Sensitivities of Dynamic Activities through Simulation.- Summary and Conclusions.- Notes.- Appendix: Multi-Factor Activity System.- References.- 3. The Construct of the Valuing of Knowledge and Personal Consumption Expenditure in the U.S. National Accounts 1929-1989.- Measurement of the Value Constructs.- Constructing the Value Series.- Examining the Relationship between the Value and Experience Stock Constructs and Personal Consumption Expenditure.- Investigating Dynamic Variation in the Value Constructs: Income and Education Effects.- Summary and Conclusions.- Notes.- Appendix A: Unit Root Tests.- Appendix B: Autocorrelation-Robust Regression Estimates.- Appendix C: Value Construct Data.- References.- 4. The Interaction of Non-work and Work Activities: Cross-domain Transfers of Skill and Affect.- Introduction: The Study of Transfers between Non-Work and Work Domains.- Representing Interaction in the Non-Work and Work Domains.- Cross-Domain Productivity Effects.- Evaluating the Sensitivity of Work Activities to the Intensity of Knowledge in Non-Work Activities.- Discussion.- Summary andConclusions.- References.- 5. Integrating Non-work Activities into Frameworks of Economic Growth.- Production from Knowledge in Growth Frameworks.- Linking Consumption to Growth through Non-Work Activities.- Growth Model.- Comparative Study of Non-Work Activities in Economic Growth.- Summary and Conclusions.- Notes.- References.- 6. Directions for the Study of Knowledge Use in Non-Work Activities.- Summary of the Exposition.- Investigating the Acquisition and Use of Knowledge in Non-Work Activities: Overview of an Agenda.- Conceptualization and Measurement of Stocks of Knowledge in Non-Work Activities.- The Construct of the Valuing of Knowledge and Knowledge Use in Non-Work Activities.- Constructing Identity in Non-Work Activities: Integrating Environments and Agency.- Institutional Environments of Non-Work Activities.- Extending the Activity Framework.- Conclusions.- Notes.- References.- Appendix: Story Sample for Content Analyses of the Value Constructs.