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Are Daughters Always the Losers in the Chore War? Evidence Using Household Data from Vietnam

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We examine the gender gap in housework in Vietnam among siblings aged less than 18 years. We show daughters undertake 5.25 minutes more unpaid housework per day than sons. However, the gender gap in housework is negligible for children aged less than 14 years. A decline in the gender gap at 15 years of age suggests parents eventually begin to consider the education of their daughters. Before then, however, the gender gap increases with age and can be even greater if daughters also engage in paid work.

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  • Tien Manh Vu, 2014. "Are Daughters Always the Losers in the Chore War? Evidence Using Household Data from Vietnam," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(4), pages 520-529, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:50:y:2014:i:4:p:520-529
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2013.875535
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    1. Tien Manh Vu, 2019. "Home Appliances And Gender Gap Of Time Spent On Unpaid Housework: Evidence Using Household Data From Vietnam," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 64(01), pages 97-114, March.
    2. Chae, Minhee & Meng, Xin & Xue, Sen, 2023. "Fertility, Son-Preference, and the Reversal of the Gender Gap in Literacy/Numeracy Tests," IZA Discussion Papers 16208, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Tien Manh Vu, 2023. "Temporary migrants and gender housework division among left‐behind household members," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(3), pages 1834-1854, August.
    4. Vu, Tien Manh & Yamada, Hiroyuki, 2020. "The legacy of Confucianism in gender inequality in Vietnam," MPRA Paper 101487, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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