important in explaining the division of labor in the home, often given as a cause for the gender wage gap. Indeed, as fertility … diminished leading to less division of labor in the home and a smaller gender wage disparity. Unlike other models of division of …

This paper considers the relationship between work status and decision-making power of the head of household and his … spouse. I use household fixed effects models to address the possibility that spousal work status may be correlated with … resources yield greater bargaining power, I find that the spouse of the head of household is more likely to be involved in …

We examine how men and women in mixed-gender unions change the time they allocate to housework in response to labor … market promotions and terminations. Operating much like raises, such events have the potential to alter intra-household power … changes in paid work time, but gender power relations also appear to play a role. Further results indicate that households …

Household composition is traditionally regarded as exogenous in economic analyses. The migration literature typically … assumes that the migration of a household member is not associated with further variations in co-residence choices. We rely on … migration episode and additional changes in household composition. Migrant households have a 34.5 percent higher probability of …

The assumption that household income is strongly and positively correlated with a household's real standard of living … earners. This paper shows, in the context of a model of the household with young children present, that this assumption is not … modelling and numerical simulations based on survey data, that household income is a poor indicator of household well-being. …

pattern by the presence of two household goods and socially learned gender-specific comparative advantage in their home … production. We label this gender specialisation as separate housework spheres. Empirical evidence strongly confirms separate …

This paper considers the relationship between international migration and gender discrimination through the lens of …-in-differences style identification strategy and a model with household fixed effects. The results suggest that while a migrant household … greater authority for the head of household. …

over time in the way that gender bias is practiced within the household. In 1995, gender bias occurred through a … independently to completing a given number of years in school. Household fixed effects analysis shows that the observed gender …This paper employs a hurdle model approach to ask whether the extent of gender bias in education expenditure within …

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 …