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What Drives the Gender Gap? An Analysis Using Sexual Orientation
Montag, Josef - 2017
Gender differences in productivity, if any, that are unobserved to researchers may produce an omitted variable bias in gender gap studies. Finding a subpopulation with less acute differences in unobserved characteristics would allow this concern to be addressed. This paper argues that gays and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976500
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What Drives the Gender Gap? An Analysis Using Sexual Orientation
Montag, Josef - 2021
Gender differences in productivity, if any, that are unobserved to researchers may produce an omitted variable bias in gender gap studies. Finding a subpopulation with less acute differences in unobserved characteristics would allow this concern to be addressed. This paper argues that gays and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013222115
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Housework share between partners : experimental evidence on gender identity
Ausprung, Katrin; Iacovou, Maria; Nicoletti, Cheti - 2015
Using an experimental design, we investigate the reasons behind the gendered division of housework within couples. In particular, we assess whether the fact that women do more housework than men may be explained by differences in preferences deriving from differences in gender identity between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481687
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The effect of children on specialization and coordination of partners’ activities
Le, Anh Tram; Miller, Paul W. - 2010
This paper first documents the extent of the specialization in time use in couple families, and the impact of children … on this specialization. It then examines the links between the time allocations of partners in couple families, the … impact of children on these links, and the effects these factors have on specialization in time use. Children are shown to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003940500
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Frauen, Männer und die Hausarbeit : Hintergrunde der Zeitverwendung in Theorie und Empirie
Lauk, Martina; Meyer, Susanne - 2004 - Diese Version: August 2004
Das Geschlechterverhältnis, welches in hohem Maße durch geschlechterspezifische Arbeitsteilung von Erwerbsarbeit und Hausarbeit geprägt ist, befindet sich im Wandel. Dennoch gilt Hausarbeit in Deutschland immer noch als typisch weibliche Aufgabe. Die vorliegende Arbeit überprüft die...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524770
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Does the gender composition in couples matter for the division of labor after childbirth?
Moberg, Ylva - 2016
In this paper I compare the effect of entering parenthood on the spousal income gaps in lesbian and heterosexual couples using Swedish population wide register data. Comparing couples with similar pre-childbirth income gaps, a difference-in-differences strategy is used to estimate the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490077
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Housework share between partners : experimental evidence on gender identity
Auspurg, Katrin; Iacovou, Maria; Nicoletti, Cheti - 2014
Using an experimental design, we investigate the reasons behind the gendered division of housework within couples. In particular, we assess whether the fact that women do more housework may be explained by differences in preferences deriving from differences in gender identity between men and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010419024
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Does the gender composition in couples matter for the division of labor after childbirth?
Moberg, Ylva - 2016
In this paper I compare the effect of entering parenthood on the spousal income gaps in lesbian and heterosexual couples using Swedish population wide register data. Comparing couples with similar pre-childbirth income gaps, a difference-in-differences strategy is used to estimate the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475588
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The division of labor by new parents : does child gender matter?
Lundberg, Shelly (contributor) - 2005
This paper documents some distinct and surprising patterns of specialization among new parents in the NLSY79. Child … of the education spectrum boys reduce specialization among the college-educated and increase specialization among parents … ; specialization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003258051
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Selection and Specialization in the Evolution of Marriage Earnings Gaps
Juhn, Chinhui - 2015
that the marriage earnings gap fell for women in fixed-effect estimates implying that the impact of specialization has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013013078