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men and women spend similar amounts of time in total work. When considering the social norms that explain gender …We analyze differences by gender in the time dedicated to total work (paid and unpaid) by families in Latin America … between countries in terms of the gender distribution of total work (paid work plus unpaid work), with Colombia and Peru being …
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countries. Using data from several waves of the European Working Conditions Survey, results show a significant gender gap in …
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This paper analyses the intra-household allocation of time to show gender differences in childcare. In the framework of … countries. -- Childcare ; gender differences ; intra-household …
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) diminishes the gains to enter a partnership. Furthermore, highly educated women are less likely to form a partnership, because … stronger negative effect for highly educated women. To the extent that female education has increased over the years, and that …
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Charles Darwin (1874) stated that "women are less selfish but men are more competitive". Very recent papers (Eckel … & Grossman, 1998, 2001 or Andreoni and Vesterlund 2001, among others) have shown the relevance of gender in altruism in both … ultimatum and dictator games. In this paper we analyze the role of gender in repeated Prisoners' Dilemma played by Spanish high …
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The growth in women's participation in the labor force has attracted attention to the gender differences in commuting … responsibilities, with a focus on gender differences in that relationship. Using the Dutch Time Use Surveys for the years 2000 and 2005 … causality is taken into account, we find that the effect of home production on commuting time for women is more than double the …
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This paper analyzes the relationship between time allocation decisions of the unemployed, gender, and regional … associated with increases in the time devoted to study by men, and to household production by women, and with decreases in the … time devoted to personal care by men and leisure by women. We also find evidence favoring consumption smoothing as the …
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In this paper, we analyze the relationship between potential worker supply, measured through sex ratios, and commuting times in the United States. Using the American Time Use Survey 2003-2014, we analyze the relationship between commuting times and sex ratios by state and age, and show that the...
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there are gender differences in the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being, affecting the time spent by individuals …
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This article explores the gender gap in time allocation in Europe, offering up-to-date statistics and information on … individuals devote to paid work, unpaid work, and child care, and the gender gaps in these activities, but most research refers to … single countries, and general patterns are rarely explored. Cross-country evidence on gender gaps in paid work, unpaid work …
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