’ 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 …

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 …

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 …

Drawing on German household data from 1992 to 2011, this paper analyzes how couples allocate housework against the … - influence his or her contribution to housework? (2) If so, does the magnitude of this influence differ by gender? and (3) How … important are traditional gender roles on housework allocation? We address these issues by applying a panel quantile regression …

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 …

This study investigates whether gender inequality in the division of housework and child care may be an obstacle to …

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. …