How married couples allocate their time across activities has been studied in developed countries, but remains an open question in many developing countries. We pool the 2019 and 2024 waves of the India Time Use Survey (TUS), the two most recent nationally representative surveys, to analyze the...

This paper introduces a novel, scalable methodology to measure individual perceptions of gaps in mental load-the cognitive and emotional burden associated with organizing household and childcare tasks-within heterosexual couples. Using original data from the TIMES Observatory in Italy, the study...

This paper introduces a novel, scalable methodology to measure individual perceptions of gaps in mental load - the cognitive and emotional burden associated with organizing household and childcare tasks - within heterosexual couples. Using original data from the TIMES Observatory in Italy, the...

We study consumption and welfare inequality by analyzing how households allocate resources - market expenditures and the value of time - to the production of activities. The share of resources allocated to an activity rises or falls with wages, classifying them into luxuries or necessities,...