gender division of housework may be due to cultural differences. We find that the higher the culture of gender equality in … the country of ancestry, the greater the equality in the division of housework. This is maintained when we consider both … housework and childcare as household labor. Our work is extended by examining how culture operates and is transmitted. We study …

, social norms about how much housework men and women should contribute are likely to influence couples' housework allocation … examine how deviations from housework norms relate to couples' satisfaction. We find that satisfaction is negatively affected … by predicted housework time, and that women's satisfaction, but not men's, is robustly affected by their partners …

cohabiting will specialize less than those marrying. Panel data on time use - particularly housework time - as well as on the … marry without first cohabiting increase their reported housework time more than those who enter cohabitations (by 3.7 hours …