This article explores the gender gap in time allocation in Europe, offering up-to-date statistics and information on … individuals devote to paid work, unpaid work, and child care, and the gender gaps in these activities, but most research refers to … single countries, and general patterns are rarely explored. Cross-country evidence on gender gaps in paid work, unpaid work …

addition, even if it is approaching a gender-equal split, the withincouple division of housework barely passes the point at … aligns broadly with traditional theories of the household, yet the role of the 'doing-gender' hypothesis is non-negligible. …

a 2001 household survey. We identified a gender-based division of labor characterized not so much by who does what type … inequality in the distribution of total time spent at work, we show that gender plays an important role in determining the …

the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews … research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap … in wealth, attempting to highlight the paths between the various facets of gender inequality. Throughout the review, much …

Many countries experience gender differences, of various magnitudes, in the time devoted to paid work (e.g. market work … childcare, is one of the main drivers of gender inequality in the labor market. Understanding the factors behind these gender … inequalities is crucial for constructing policies aimed at promoting gender equality and combating gender-based discrimination. …