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The gender division of work across countries
Gottlieb, Charles; Doss, Cheryl R.; Gollin, Douglas; … - 2024
Across countries, women and men allocate time differently between market work, domestic services, and care work. In this paper, we document the gender division of work, drawing on a new harmonized data set that provides us with high-quality time use data for 50 countries spanning the global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014507757
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Innovations, technology and time allocation : implications for labour productivity and welfare in Ghana
Asante, Felix Ankomah; Awo, Martha Adimabuno; Bonzo, … - 2024
This report investigates the dynamics of time allocation of men, women, and children in various types of work in rural households in Ghana. Using primary data and the Ghana Time Use Survey (GTUS) 2009, it examines gendered differences in time allocation and the interaction between income,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014566916
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The unpaid care workpaid work connection
Antonopoulos, Rania (contributor) - 2008
In order to provide a coherent perspective of gender differences in the world of work, this paper argues, the many intersections of paid and unpaid work must be brought to light. It is well documented that gender-based wage differentials and occupational segregation continue to characterize the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003772177
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Taxes, subsidies, and gender gaps in hours and wages
Duval-Hernández, Robert; Fang, Lei; Ngai, Liwa Rachel - 2021
Using micro data from 17 countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, this paper documents a negative cross-country correlation between gender ratios in market hours and wages. We find that market hours by women and the size of the service sector that produces close...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012590087
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Housework share between partners : experimental evidence on gender identity
Auspurg, Katrin; Iacovou, Maria; Nicoletti, Cheti - 2014
Using an experimental design, we investigate the reasons behind the gendered division of housework within couples. In … particular, we assess whether the fact that women do more housework may be explained by differences in preferences deriving from … preference for housework, suggesting that the reasons for the gendered division of housework lie elsewhere. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010419024
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Housework share between partners : experimental evidence on gender identity
Ausprung, Katrin; Iacovou, Maria; Nicoletti, Cheti - 2015
Using an experimental design, we investigate the reasons behind the gendered division of housework within couples. In … particular, we assess whether the fact that women do more housework than men may be explained by differences in preferences … differences in the preference for housework, suggesting that the reasons for the gendered division of housework lie elsewhere. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481687
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Culture and gender allocation of tasks : source country characteristics and the division of non-market work among US immigrants
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Comey, Matthew; … - 2020
There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In particular, we ask if US immigrants allocate tasks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012198461
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Culture and gender allocation of tasks : source country characteristics and the division of non-market work among US immigrants
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Comey, Matthew; … - 2020
There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In particular, we ask if US immigrants allocate tasks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012199826
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Who is doing the chores and childcare in dual-earner couples during the COVID-19 era of working from home?
Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff; Vernon, Victoria - 2022
In 2020, parents' work-from-home days increased fourfold following the initial COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period compared to 2015-2019. At the same time, many daycares closed, and the majority of public schools offered virtual or hybrid classrooms, increasing the demand for household-provided...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013041405
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010358418