care, and leisure. The chapter concludes with a discussion of why these patterns are important to macroeconomics and spells …

The time household members in industrialized countries spend on housework and shopping is substantial, amounting on … should also note the impact of tax policy on housework time and consider ways to reduce the distortions caused by sales and …

housework time between single and married individuals is causal and how much is due to selection. Using longitudinal data from … explain about half of the observed differences in housework documented in the cross-sectional data. There remains a genuine … two-hour increase in housework time for each partner upon marriage, with women specializing in routine, and men …

We study variations in housework time and leisure consumption when workers are subject to labor market work hours … find that the ceilings on market work hours induce workers to increase time spent on housework, including cooking, and to … reduce vacation time. In contrast, floors on market work hours do not significantly affect time spent on housework, but may …

housework time between single and married individuals is causal and how much is due to selection. Using longitudinal data from … explain about half of the observed differences in housework documented in the cross-sectional data. There remains a genuine … two-hour increase in housework time for each partner upon marriage, with women specializing in routine, and men …

This paper provides insights into the gains of forming a couple by estimating how much of the difference in housework … about half of the observed differences in housework documented in the cross-sectional data. Further ancillary evidence … labour. There remains a genuine half-an-hour increase per week in housework time for each partner, with women specializing in …