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 … differences in gender identity between men and women. We find little evidence of any systematic gender differences in the …

The time devoted to housework in couple households is substantial. Research on intrahousehold time allocations has … generally assumed that housework is a necessary evil and that the partner with the lower opportunity cost of time in the market …

This paper analyses the effect of housework on men and women’s wages in Denmark by estimating quantile regressions on … each of the years 1987-1991. We find, as in U.S. studies, that housework has negative effects on the wages of women and …, housework has a positive effect on the wages of women and a negative effect on the wages of men, and in fact, high-wage men …

housework than boys. Housework is a non-negligible part of child labor in which around 60% of children in our sample are engaged … when the ideal proportion increases from 0 to 1, the gap in the time spent on weekly housework for an average girl compared … separately by caste, religion and family size. Second, we use a two-stage model to look at participation into housework (as well …

support the FE estimates and suggest that father's housework induced by his partner's non-traditional gender role attitudes …This paper analyzes the relationship between parents' time devoted to housework and the time devoted to housework by … in housework for both parents, indicating that the more time parents devote to housework, the more time their children …

industrialized countries, we hint at the existence of a threshold ratio of gender equity in the distribution of domestic work that …

Objective: Focusing on housework activities, we construct a gender neutral composite index measure of intrahousehold … subsidized childcare services provided by the Danish welfare system. Conclusion: Intrahousehold specialization in housework …