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Using data from "Generation and Gender Survey" for Poland, we study the relationship between women's relative income … within the household, as measured by the female share of total household income, and women's involvement in housework. We … find that households in which the woman contributes more to the total household income are more likely to share housework …
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the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews … research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap … in wealth, attempting to highlight the paths between the various facets of gender inequality. Throughout the review, much …
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measures like the gender wage gap. …
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Using the 41-year division of Germany as a natural experiment, we show that the GDR's gender-equal institutions created … earn more than their husbands without having to increase their number of housework hours, put their marriage at risk or …
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Using data from "Generation and Gender Survey" for Poland, we study the relationship between women's relative income … within the household, as measured by the female share of total household income, and women's involvement in housework. We … find that households in which the woman contributes more to the total household income are more likely to share housework …
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We show that Bertrand et al.'s (QJE 2015) finding of a sharp drop in the relative income distribution within married couples at the point where wives start to earn more than their husbands is unstable across different estimation procedures and varies across contexts. We apply the estimators by...
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To investigate the role of gender norms in household specialisation choices, I conduct a lab experiment with real … hetero-sexual couples playing a battle of the sexes game. The salience of gender norms varies across treatments: the Norm … consistent with marriage market motives, i.e. some men may want to signal progressive gender attitudes to their partner. …
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Using the 41-year division of Germany as a natural experiment, we show that the GDR's gender-equal institutions created … more than their husbands without having to increase their number of housework hours, put their marriage at risk or withdraw …
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traditional gender attitudes, the female contribution to household income is not related to the division of housework. We conclude …We examine the relationship between female contribution to household income and the division of housework between the … partners, while accounting for their attitutes towards gender roles. We use data from the “Generation and Gender Survey” for …
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