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Total work and gender : facts and possible explanations
Burda, Michael C.; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Weil, Philippe - 2012
, sociologists and the general public believe that women work more. The widespread average equality does not arise from gender … Surveys and sets of microeconomic data from Australia and Germany. -- time use ; gender differences ; household production …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009427144
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The time and timing costs of market work, and their implications for retirement
Hamermesh, Daniel S. (contributor) - 2006
Retirement ages among older Americans have only recently begun to increase after a precipitous fifty-year decline. Early retirement may result from incentives provided by retirement systems; but it may also result from the rigidities imposed by market work schedules. Using the American Time Use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003373728
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The Time and Timing Costs of Market Work, and Their Implications for Retirement
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2007
Retirement ages among older Americans have only recently begun to increase after a precipitous fifty-year decline. Early retirement may result from incentives provided by retirement systems; but it may also result from the rigidities imposed by market work schedules. Using the American Time Use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778540
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Total work and gender: Facts and possible explanations
Burda, Michael; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Weil, Philippe - 2012
, sociologists and the general public believe that women work more. The widespread average equality does not arise from gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281481
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Total Work and Gender: Facts and Possible Explanations
Burda, Michael; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Weil, Philippe - Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, … - 2012
, sociologists and the general public believe that women work more. The widespread average equality does not arise from gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651908
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Total work, gender and social norms
Burda, Michael C.; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Weil, Philippe - 2007
facts do not arise from gender differences in the price of time (as measured by market wages), as women's total work is … arise from differences in marital bargaining, as gender equality is not associated with marital status; nor do they stem … from family norms, since most of the variance in the gender total work difference is due to within-couple differences. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271946
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Total Work, Gender and Social Norms
Burda, Michael; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Weil, Philippe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
women perform more total work. The facts do not arise from gender differences in the price of time (as measured by market … German data show that they do not arise from differences in marital bargaining, as gender equality is not associated with … marital status; nor do they stem from family norms, since most of the variance in the gender total work difference is due to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761744
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Total Work, Gender and Social Norms
Burda, Michael C; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Weil, Philippe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
facts do not arise from gender differences in the price of time (as measured by market wages), as women’s total work is … arise from differences in marital bargaining, as gender equality is not associated with marital status; nor do they stem … from family norms, since most of the variance in the gender total work difference is due to within-couple differences. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791760
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Total Work, Gender and Social Norms
Burda, Michael; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Weil, Philippe - Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, … - 2007
facts do not arise from gender differences in the price of time (as measured by market wages), as women’s total work is … arise from differences in marital bargaining, as gender equality is not associated with marital status; nor do they stem … from family norms, since most of the variance in the gender total work difference is due to within-couple differences. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652740
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Stressed out on four continents : time crunch or yuppie kvetch?
Hamermesh, Daniel S. (contributor); Lee, Jungmin (contributor) - 2005
Social commentators have pointed to problems of workers who face "time stress" an absence of sufficient time to accomplish all their tasks. An economic theory views time stress as reflecting how tightly the time constraint binds households. Time stress will be more prevalent in households with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003263285