The time devoted to housework in couple households is substantial. Research on intrahousehold time allocations has … generally assumed that housework is a necessary evil and that the partner with the lower opportunity cost of time in the market … hers. -- time allocation ; housework ; preferences …

living with a disabled mother in a two-parent household spend more time on homework and less time on housework and caring for …

international literature, we find no negative effect of housework on wages. This holds for men and women, for married and single …This paper presents evidence on the impact of hours spent on housework activities on individuals’ wages for Germany … different types of housework activities or address the endogeneity of housework in our wage regressions by using instrumental …