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Chapter 12. Gender Inequality
Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 981-1146). 2015
the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews …
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Gender inequalities in allocating time to paid and unpaid work : evidence from Bolivia
Medeiros, Marcelo C. (contributor);  … - 2007
This working paper analyzes paid and unpaid work-time inequalities among Bolivian urban adults using time use data from a 2001 household survey. We identified a gender-based division of labor characterized not so much by who does what type of work but by how much work of each type they do. There...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003727000
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On within-couple time allocation : gendered disparities in paid work and housework in Europe
Tverdostup, Maryna; Sabouniha, Alireza - 2024
housework in heterosexual dual-earner couples. Relying on the second wave of Harmonised European Time Use Survey (HETUS) data … for 10 European countries, we estimate spousal relative worktime and housework to analyse within-couple time …-use arrangements. The results show that the disparity between a wife's and a husband's workhours is gradually narrowing, yet housework …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014545297
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Gender Inequalities in Allocating Time to Paid and Unpaid Work : Evidence from Bolivia
Medeiros, Marcelo; Osorio, Rafael Guerreiro; Costa, Joana - 2007
This working paper analyzes paid and unpaid work-time inequalities among Bolivian urban adults using time use data from a 2001 household survey. We identified a gender-based division of labor characterized not so much by who does what type of work but by how much work of each type they do. There...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014051053
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Time Use Dynamics in Paid Work and Household Activities of Married Women - A Panel Analysis with Household Information and Regional Labour Demand
Merz, Joachim - 2009
The dynamics of multiple time use in paid work and in household activities with housework, child rearing and DIY of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159060
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Specialization in same-sex and different-sex couples
Hofmarcher, Thomas; Plug, Erik J. S. - 2021
We examine time allocation decisions in same-sex and different-sex couples from a Beckerian comparative advantage perspective. In particular, we estimate the comparative advantage relationship between time spent on either market or household activities and a dummy for being the highest earner in...
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Do Constraints on Market Work Hours Change Home Production Efforts?
Li, Geng - 2009
We study variations in housework time and leisure consumption when workers are subject to labor market work hours … find that the ceilings on market work hours induce workers to increase time spent on housework, including cooking, and to … reduce vacation time. In contrast, floors on market work hours do not significantly affect time spent on housework, but may …
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Differences in Us-German Time Allocation : Why Do Americans Work Longer Hours than Germans?
Schettkat, Ronald - 2021
The conventional view is that Americans work longer hours than Germans and other Europeans but when time in household production is included, overall working time is very similar on both sides of the Atlantic. Americans spend more time on market work but German invest more in household...
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A collective household model of time allocation : a comparison of native Dutch and immigrant households in the Netherlands
Klaveren, Chris van (contributor);  … - 2006
Although the number of immigrant households in the Netherlands is substantial, the labor supply choices of this group are usually neglected in empirical studies because these households are usually under-sampled. We use a stratified sample of Turkish, Surinamese/Antillean and Dutch households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003335454
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A Collective Household Model of Time Allocation - a Comparison of Native Dutch and Immigrant Households in the Netherlands
Klaveren, Chris van - 2008
Although the number of immigrant households in the Netherlands is substantial, the labor supply choices of this group are usually neglected in empirical studies because these households are usually under-sampled. We use a stratified sample of Turkish, Surinamese/Antillean and Dutch households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012774044