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The Gender Gap in Time Allocation in Europe

Giménez, José Ignacio - 2020

This article explores the gender gap in time allocation in Europe, offering up-to-date statistics and information on several factors that may help to explain these differences. Prior research has identified several factors affecting the time individuals devote to paid work, unpaid work, and...

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Regional Unemployment, Gender and Time Allocation of the Unemployed

Giménez, José Ignacio - 2012

unemployment rates. Using the Spanish Time Use Survey 2002-2003 and 2009-2010, we find that higher regional unemployment rates are … channel through which others' unemployment affects time allocation decisions of the unemployed. As higher regional … unemployment rates imply a lower availability of jobs for the unemployed, it decreases the expectations individuals have of finding …

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Household Division of Labor, Partnerships and Children : Evidence from Europe

Giménez, José Ignacio; Molina, Jose Alberto; Sevilla … - 2021

This paper complements conventional economic analysis and presents a social norms interpretation to explain cross-country differences in partnership formation rates, and the dramatic decrease in partnership formation rates in Southern Europe in particular. We argue that increases in female human...

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Gender-biased redistribution and intra-household distribution

Dasgupta, Indraneel - In: European economic review : EER 45 (2001) 9, pp. 1711-1722

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Mother or Child? Intra-Household Redistribution Under Gender-Asymmetric Altruism

Dasgupta, Indraneel - 2009

In developing societies, social norms typically ascribe differential weights to paternal, maternal and communal (or state) contributions to children's expenses. Individuals internalize these valuations. I examine a Cournot model of voluntary contribution to children's goods in a two-adult...

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Gender Differences in Cooperation : Experimental Evidence on High School Students

Molina, Jose Alberto - 2013

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...

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Commuting Time and Household Responsibilities : Evidence Using Propensity Score Matching

Giménez, José Ignacio - 2015

The growth in women's participation in the labor force has attracted attention to the gender differences in commuting behavior, and to their implications. This study analyses the relationship between individual commuting behavior and household responsibilities, with a focus on gender differences...

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