of housework time. Consistent with both bargaining and specialization models of the family, we find that the greater the … husband's share of labor income, the lower his share of housework time; the greater the wife's market hours, the lower his … housework time, but the larger his share of housework time. Treating market work as endogenous substantially lowers the size of …

purchase services in the market and the time spent on weekend and weekday days by each partner on routine household chores. By … service is a closer substitute for household time on weekends than weekdays, but is also correlated with 'her' weekday time … price measure. -- time use ; domestic work ; gender …

simultaneously specifies three time-use choices -paid work, childcare, and housework- and wage and employment equations for each … changes in own wage. The own-wage elasticity of housework is negative while childcare does not react to changes in own wage …. Women's non-market time is independent of their husband's wage; but both housework and childcare of fathers react positively …