's attributes: in particular, husbands' housework time increases with the wage of their wife. On the contrary, the own wage effect … is significantly negative for housework of women. Childcare time of fathers increases with own wage and with the presence …

. Our application uses a novel estimation strategy that builds upon the familiar two-stage allocation representation of the …

, social norms about how much work men and women should contribute in the home are likely to influence couples' housework … allocation decisions and evaluations of their lot. Using Australian data, we employ a two-stage estimation procedure to examine … how deviations from housework norms relate to couples' satisfaction. In stage one, we model housework time to identify …

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 …

housework time between single and married individuals is causal and how much is due to selection. Using longitudinal data from … explain about half of the observed differences in housework documented in the cross-sectional data. There remains a genuine … two-hour increase in housework time for each partner upon marriage, with women specializing in routine, and men …

extensive and intensive margins. We find that mothers are spending substantially longer in childcare and housework than their …