work full-time exhibit similar housework patterns whether they do so voluntarily or due to a full-time mandate, as in the … GDR. Second, men's amount of housework is independent of their spouse's labour supply. We theoretically explain this … production. We label this gender specialisation as separate housework spheres. Empirical evidence strongly confirms separate …

two-hour increase in housework time for each partner upon marriage, with women specializing in routine, and men … 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 …

cohabiting will specialize less than those marrying. Panel data on time use - particularly housework time - as well as on the … provides limited evidence of specialization in any type of relationship. The results for women are much stronger. Women who … marry without first cohabiting increase their reported housework time more than those who enter cohabitations (by 3.7 hours …

The time household members in industrialized countries spend on housework and shopping is substantial, amounting on … average to about half as much time as is spent on paid employment. Women bear the brunt of this burden, a difference that is … should also note the impact of tax policy on housework time and consider ways to reduce the distortions caused by sales and …

The time household members in industrialized countries spend on housework and shopping is substantial, amounting on … average to about half as much time as is spent on paid employment. Women bear the brunt of this burden, a difference that is … should also note the impact of tax policy on housework time and consider ways to reduce the distortions caused by sales and …

cohabiting will specialize less than those marrying. Panel data on time use - particularly housework time - as well as on the … provides limited evidence of specialization in any type of relationship. The results for women are much stronger. Women who … marry without first cohabiting increase their reported housework time more than those who enter cohabitations (by 3.7 hours …