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An Empirical Analysis of the Time Allocation of Italian Couples: Are Italian Men Irresponsive?

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  • Hans G. Bloemen

    (Free University of Amsterdam, Tinbergen Institute, Netspar, and IZA Author-Name : Sylvia Pasqua Author-Email :
    University of Turin, and CHILD- Collegio Carlo Alberto)

  • Elena G.F. Stancanelli

    (Université de Cergy-Pontoise, THEMA, F-95000 Cergy-Pontoise)

Abstract

This paper analyzes the time allocation of Italian spouses to paid work, childcare and household work. The literature suggests that Italian husbands contribute the least to unpaid household work, relative to other European countries, while Italian women have the lowest market employment rates. We model the three different time uses simultaneously for the two spouses within each household, allowing for corner solutions and correlations in the unobservables across the system of six equations. To estimate the model we use data drawn from the 2002-03 Italian Time Use Survey, combined with earnings information taken from the 2002 Bank of Italy Survey. We conclude that Italian husbands’ time allocation responds to their wife’s attributes: in particular, husbands’ housework time increases with the wage of their wife. On the contrary, the own wage effect is significantly negative for housework of women. Childcare time of fathers increases with own wage and with the presence of small children and this is true both for weekdays and weekends.

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  • Hans G. Bloemen & Elena G.F. Stancanelli, 2008. "An Empirical Analysis of the Time Allocation of Italian Couples: Are Italian Men Irresponsive?," Thema Working Papers 2008-30, THEMA (Théorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), CY Cergy-Paris University, ESSEC and CNRS.
    • Handle: RePEc:ema:worpap:2008-30
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    3. Charlene Kalenkoski & Donald Lacombe, 2015. "Using Spatial Econometric Techniques to Analyze the Joint Employment Decisions of Spouses," Journal of Labor Research, Springer, vol. 36(1), pages 67-77, March.
    4. Espino, Ilya & Hermeto, Ana & Luz, Luciana, 2020. "Gender differences in time allocation to paid and unpaid work: Evidence from Urban Guatemala, 2000-2014," MPRA Paper 106477, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. María Suárez, 2013. "Working mothers’ decisions on childcare: the case of Spain," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 11(4), pages 545-561, December.
    6. Grossbard, Shoshana & Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio & Molina, José Alberto, 2010. "Racial Discrimination and Household Chores," IZA Discussion Papers 5345, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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    • D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure

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