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A growing body of scholarly literature has attempted to measure and value unpaid care work in various countries, but perhaps only the government statistical agencies in the United States and the United Kingdom have seriously undertaken periodic and systematic measures of the time spent on unpaid...
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restrictions imposed by gainful employment, there is a gender- specific gap in time spent on housework and child care (gender care … children—the gender care gap is particularly wide. Since the unequal distribution of paid and unpaid work negatively affects … men’s participation in housework and child care are important. An example of the latter would be the extension of partner …
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. Comparing how parental caregiving time varies by gender and use of nonparental childcare arrangements, we find that new … constraints on nonparental childcare arrangements during the pandemic have potentially increased the gender difference in parental … nonparental childcare arrangements in Turkey-care of children by grandparents and nannies-became undesirable due to health …
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The growth in women's participation in the labor force has attracted attention to the gender differences in commuting … responsibilities, with a focus on gender differences in that relationship. Using the Dutch Time Use Surveys for the years 2000 and 2005 …, we analyze the relationship between commuting time, and the time devoted to home production and childcare. To deal with …
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In this working paper, we analyze factors that may explain gender differences in the allocation of time to household … conclusions. We do find some weak evidence that supports time availability and gender ideology theory as well as for the …
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We examine how men and women in mixed-gender unions change the time they allocate to housework in response to labor … holding more liberal gender role attitudes are more likely to adjust their housework time allocations after female promotion … gender', we find that in households with more traditional gender role attitudes, his housework time falls while hers rises …
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gender division of housework may be due to cultural differences. We find that the higher the culture of gender equality in … housework and childcare as household labor. Our work is extended by examining how culture operates and is transmitted. We study … of gender equality is associated with greater probability that individuals report performing housework when they are with …
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The time household members in industrialized countries spend on housework and shopping is substantial, amounting on … driven in part by the gender differential in wages. Efforts to reduce the gender wage gap and alter gendered norms of … behavior should reduce the gender bias in household production time and reduce inefficiency in home production. Policymakers …
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revealed the presence of gender asymmetries stemming from men having experienced disproportionately high job losses. In this … role in explaining the gender differences in unpaid work time changes. In turn, varied shifts in the household structure …
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produced nuanced and gender-aware analyses of the labor market and well-being outcomes of the recession. Using American Time … course of the 2003-12 business cycle. We find that the gender disparity in paid and unpaid work hours followed a U …
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