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’ division of housework and child care after postnatal labour market return in Germany. It explores whether take-up of child care … market return. The linear relationship and stronger effects on the division of child care than for housework lent support to … identity-based explanations. Paternal leave take-up was associated with a more equal division of housework and child care after …
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return affect the division of housework in couples after a birth. By observing several parental leave policy reforms in … housework. The analysis uses multilevel multiprocess models for 1220 birth events of British couples and 1785 births to German … results suggest that mothers increase their housework hours with every additional month of employment interruption. Mothers …
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We use a lab-in-the-field experiment to investigate intra-couple labor supply decisions and the division of housework … decide upon the allocation of an unpaid task serving as our proxy for housework. In our gender neutral lab, we find tax …-effects only on men’s labor supply but not on women’s and no gender differences in the allocation of housework. Instead, the …
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Using an experimental design, we investigate the reasons behind the gendered division of housework within couples. In … particular, we assess whether the fact that women do more housework may be explained by differences in preferences deriving from … preference for housework, suggesting that the reasons for the gendered division of housework lie elsewhere. …
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This paper explores gendered patterns of time use as an explanatory factor behind fertility trends in the developed world. We review the theoretical foundations for this link, and assess the existing evidence suggesting that a more equal division of labor within the home leads to more children,...
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Using an experimental design, we investigate the reasons behind the gendered division of housework within couples. In … particular, we assess whether the fact that women do more housework than men may be explained by differences in preferences … differences in the preference for housework, suggesting that the reasons for the gendered division of housework lie elsewhere. …
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and housework more than men. Neither the gender gaps in COVID-19-related health and economic concerns nor the gender gaps … in the increase in hours of childcare and housework can be accounted for by a rich set of control variables. Instead, we …
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