taken from the 2002 Bank of Italy Survey. We conclude that Italian husbands' time allocation responds to their wife …'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 …

taken from the 2002 Bank of Italy Survey. We conclude that Italian husbands' time allocation responds to their wife …'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 …

simultaneously specifies three time-use choices -paid work, childcare, and housework- and wage and employment equations for each … of the standard hypothesis that performing housework does not bring utility. Parents' market time responds positively to … changes in own wage. The own-wage elasticity of housework is negative while childcare does not react to changes in own wage …

set for 1998 from the Bank of Italy (SHIW) and ISTAT Multiscopo. We find evidence that factors related to family … in the labor market in Italy …