The Influence Mechanism of Leisure Time Allocation on Individual Creativity and the Policy Suggestions
（1.Institute of Financial Strategy，Chinese Academy of Social Sciences，Beijing 100006，China；2.School of Business，Chinese Academy of Social Sciences，Beijing 102488，China；3.College of Land and Tourism，Luoyang Normal University，Luoyang
471934，Henan，China）
Abstract：Innovation theory and innovation spirit have always been the hot issues in the field of economics. However ，due to the lack of microdata，the hypothesis of innovation homogeneity of micro- individuals largely limits the research progress of innovation theory. On the basis of reviewing the theory of innovation heterogeneity and the theory of economic effect of leisure time，and referring to the relevant theories of management and psychology ，the authors explore the "value black box" of leisure time on individual creativity and analyze the influencing mechanism of leisure time on individual creativity from the perspective of time allocation. It is found that individual active leisure activities in leisure time can contribute to the improvement of individual creativity through releasing the pressure，stimulating the vitality of the right brain and increasing the degree of patience. This means that，in order to cultivate innovative talents，we should not only pay attention to their education methods and implementation effects in knowledge- based learning ，but also pay attention to the important role of leisure time in cultivating individual creativity，non-cognitive ability and personality ；we should also guide everyone to choose active leisure activities and healthy lifestyles and improve the leisure quality of the whole nation to improve the innovative spirit and work performance of the whole nation. Therefore，in order to better open the innovation channel for leisure time to act on the economic system and improve individual creativity，we should，first，increase leisure time and optimize the allocation of work and leisure time； second，we should implement the flexible working system to create a relaxed working environment ；third，we should give play to the role of leisure education in promoting individual creativity to meet the needs of innovative society ；fourth，we should pay attention to the characteristics of individual personality ，and pay attention to the role of leisure time in cultivating the noncognitive ability；and fifth，we should reduce social time preference and increase individual patience.
Key words：leisure time；non-cognitive ability；innovation heterogeneity；individual creativity