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 …

, social norms about how much work men and women should contribute in the home are likely to influence couples' housework … satisfaction based on predicted and residual housework time. We find that women's satisfaction, but not men's, is robustly affected …The time allocated to household chores is substantial, with the burden falling disproportionately upon women. Further …

countries on four continents there is no difference-men and women do the same amount of total work. This latter fact has been …, macroeconomists, the general public and sociologists are unaware of it and instead believe that women perform more total work. The … facts do not arise from gender differences in the price of time (as measured by market wages), as women's total work is …