production. We label this gender specialisation as separate housework spheres. Empirical evidence strongly confirms separate … 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 …

immigrant men. Traditionally, gender-based privileges may allow immigrant men to prevent native women from getting a price for …

This paper examines whether and how the marital satisfaction of Japanese couples is related to the housework the spouse … greater share of the housework on weekdays. In dual-earner couples, both husbands and wives experience higher spousal … satisfaction when the other spouse performs more housework on weekdays. Japanese dual-earner couples are unable to spend more time …

the relationship between earnings and housework, the “economic exchange” and “gender display” hypotheses. Our … on housework has two basic flaws. First, it has focused on the effects of women’s shares of couples’ total earnings on … their housework, and has not considered the simpler possibility of an association between women’s absolute earnings and …

in leisure and higher (lower) share of the couple's total work time (employment, commuting and housework). A large sample …

gender equal countries. Analyzing Swedish population register data, we do not find support for the norm that a man should …

We examine causes and consequences of relative income within households. We establish that gender identity – in … with their marriage and are more likely to divorce. Finally, based on time use surveys, the gender gap in non-market work …

gender equal countries. Analyzing Swedish population register data, we do not find support for the norm that a man should …

Conditions we first show that high income married or cohabiting women do twice as much housework as single women in Southern … Southern Europe, which may stem from regional gender norms. Our findings hold after instrumenting for relative wages using the …

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 …