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Gender effect on housework allocation: Evidence from Spanish two-earner couples

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Begoña Álvarez
Daniel Miles

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In this paper we study the reasons behind the asymmetric distribution of housework within Spanish two-earner couples. Spouses' housework times are estimated jointly in a bivariate framework using data from the 1991 Work Situation and Time Use Survey. In order to understand the impact of gender-specific factors on the observed allocation of housework, we perform estimations that are in line with the Oaxaca decomposition. Our results suggest that the unequal division of domestic work between wives and husbands in our sample is mainly explained by gender-specific effects rather than by differences in their observable characteristics. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003

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Volume (Year): 16 (2003)
Issue (Month): 2 (05)
Pages: 227-242
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Keywords: JEL classification: J16 J22 C35 Key words: Housework time allocation gender differences bivariate negative binomial

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  1. Cristina Fernandez & Almudena Sevilla-Sanz, 2006. "Social Normas and Household Time Allocation," Economics Series Working Papers 291, University of Oxford, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Rachel Connelly & Jean Kimmel, 2007. "Spousal Influences on Parents’ Non-Market Time Choices," IZA Discussion Papers 2894, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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