The effect of children on specialization and coordination of partners' activities

This paper first documents the extent of the specialization in time use in couple families, and the impact of children on this specialization. It then examines the links between the time allocations of partners in couple families, the impact of children on these links, and the effects these factors have on specialization in time use. Children are shown to intensify the specialization in time use in couple families through reducing the apparent complementarity in time allocations of their parents.

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Le, Anh Tram ; Miller, Paul W.
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	Time allocations \| gender \| specialisation \| coordination

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 4768
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	621024287 [GVK] hdl:10419/36345 [Handle]
Classification:	J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; J16 - Economics of Gender ; J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Source:	EconStor

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