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Chapter 12. Gender Inequality
Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 981-1146). 2015
the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews …
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Gender inequalities in allocating time to paid and unpaid work : evidence from Bolivia
Medeiros, Marcelo C. (contributor);  … - 2007
This working paper analyzes paid and unpaid work-time inequalities among Bolivian urban adults using time use data from a 2001 household survey. We identified a gender-based division of labor characterized not so much by who does what type of work but by how much work of each type they do. There...
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The gender gap in time allocation in Europe
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto - 2020
, and child care is offered, and explanations based on education, earnings, and household structure are presented, using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248993
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Gender Inequalities in Allocating Time to Paid and Unpaid Work : Evidence from Bolivia
Medeiros, Marcelo; Osorio, Rafael Guerreiro; Costa, Joana - 2007
This working paper analyzes paid and unpaid work-time inequalities among Bolivian urban adults using time use data from a 2001 household survey. We identified a gender-based division of labor characterized not so much by who does what type of work but by how much work of each type they do. There...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014051053
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The Great Recession and unpaid work time in the United States : does poverty matter?
Khitarishvili, Tamar; Kim, Kijong - 2014
In times of economic crises, household production, and the unpaid work time associated with it, can serve as a coping mechanism for absorbing the impact of shocks. Evidence from the Great Recession has been supportive of this possibility, and has revealed the presence of gender asymmetries...
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Intrahousehold allocation of household production: a comparative analysis for Sub-Saharan African countries
Rios-Avila, Fernando; Oduro, Abena D.; Pires, Luiza Nassif - 2021
In this working paper, we analyze factors that may explain gender differences in the allocation of time to household production in sub-Saharan Africa. The study uses time use survey data to analyze the determinants of time spent on household production by husbands and wives in nuclear families...
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The determinants of housework time : boosting the efficiency of household production could have large economic effects
Stratton, Leslie S. - 2015
The time household members in industrialized countries spend on housework and shopping is substantial, amounting on … driven in part by the gender differential in wages. Efforts to reduce the gender wage gap and alter gendered norms of … should also note the impact of tax policy on housework time and consider ways to reduce the distortions caused by sales and …
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Also on Sundays, women perform most of the housework and child care
Samtleben, Claire - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 10, pp. 86-92
restrictions imposed by gainful employment, there is a gender- specific gap in time spent on housework and child care (gender care … men’s participation in housework and child care are important. An example of the latter would be the extension of partner …
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Valuing unpaid care work in Bhutan
Suh, Jooyeoun; Changa Dorji; Mercer-Blackman, Valerie; … - 2020
A growing body of scholarly literature has attempted to measure and value unpaid care work in various countries, but perhaps only the government statistical agencies in the United States and the United Kingdom have seriously undertaken periodic and systematic measures of the time spent on unpaid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012308494
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Commuting time and household responsibilities : evidence using propensity score matching
Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto - 2015
The growth in women's participation in the labor force has attracted attention to the gender differences in commuting behavior, and to their implications. This study analyses the relationship between individual commuting behavior and household responsibilities, with a focus on gender differences...
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