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Suddenly a stay-at-home dad? : short- and long-term consequences of fathers' job loss on time investment in the household

Hennecke, Juliane; Pape, Astrid - 2020

Commonly described as the "gender care gap", there is a persistent gender difference in the division of domestic responsibilities in most developed countries. We provide novel evidence on the short- and long-run effects of an exogenous shock on paternal availability, through a job loss, on the...

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Italian families in the 21st century : gender gaps in time use and their evolution

Barigozzi, Francesca; Di Timoteo, Cesare; Monfardini, Chiara - 2020

We provide novel estimates of gender differences in the allocation of time by Italian adults and document their trends over the span 2002-2014, pooling three time-use surveys run by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT). The positive gap (females-males) in time devoted to...

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Italian families in the 21st century: gender gaps in time use and their evolution

Barigozzi, Francesca; Di Timoteo, Cesare; Monfardini, Chiara - 2020

We estimate gender gaps in the allocation of time by Italian adults and their trends over the years 2002-2014. We disentangle time use in weekdays and weekend days and analyse separately full-time working parents with young children, representing the subsample more mindful of gender parity. In...

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How do parents allocate time?

Bloemen, Hans G.; Stancanelli, Elena G. F. - 2008

This paper focuses on the time allocation of spouses and the impact of economic variables. We present a stylized model of the time allocation of spouses to illustrate the expected impact of wages and non-labour income. The empirical model simultaneously specifies three time-use choices -paid...

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Optimal taxation, child care and models of the household

Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2014

This paper presents the properties of optimal piecewise linear tax systems for two-earner households, based on joint and individual incomes respectively. A key contribution is the analysis of the interaction between second earner wage differences, variation in the price of child care and...

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Parental Time and Child Outcomes : Does Gender Matter?

Del Boca, Daniela; Mancini, Anna Laura - 2013

Using different econometric specifications this paper analyzes the relationship between the time parents spend with their children, child-related expenditure and the results obtained by them, with particular attention to gender differences. The authors use PSID-CDS data from 1997 to 2007 and...

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Use of time and value of unpaid family care work : a comparison between Italy and Poland

Francavilla, Francesca; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; … - 2011

This study provides a comparison of the size and value of unpaid family care work in two European member States, Italy …, in Italy the number of people performing family care work is higher, also due to the larger population. Italians …. However, the huge difference in the value of unpaid family care work, which in Italy exceeds the value of Poland by about …

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Children and Parents Time Use : Empirical Evidence on Investment in Human Capital in France, Italy and Germany

Cardoso, Ana Rute; Fontainha, Elsa; Monfardini, Chiara - 2021

countries (France, Italy and Germany) on the link between time allocation by parents and time allocation by youngsters … youngsters allocation of time to socializing and to reading and studying activities, with Italy standing out as the country where …

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With or Without You : Hazard of Divorce and Intra-Household Allocation of Time

Tabasso, Domenico - 2011

This paper investigates the relationship between the probability of divorce and marriage specific investments. As these investments in terms of childcare and household activities are likely to increase the marital surplus, they are consequently likely to decrease the risk of divorce. All such...

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What works for working couples? : work arrangements, maternal labor supply, and the division of home production

Ciasullo, Ludovica; Uccioli, Martina - 2024

We document how a change to work arrangements reduces the child penalty in labor supply for women, and that the consequent more equal distribution of household income does not translate into a more equal division of home production between mothers and fathers. The Australian 2009 Fair Work Act...

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