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Marriage Penalty : Unconditional Quantile Regression of Housework Participation in Japan

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  • Kolpashnikova, Kamila
  • Kan, Man Yee
  • Shirakawa, Kiyomi

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We analyze cross-sectional time-use diaries from the 2011 and 2016 Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities (Shakai Seikatsu Kihon Chosa) to investigate the association between educational level and housework participation at different quantiles. Using the unconditional quantile regression method, we test whether education is associated with less time spent on housework as the previous research on highly educated people suggests. We find that this hypothesis stands only for non-married Japanese women. On the other hand, among married Japanese women, especially those without children in higher deciles of housework participation, are more likely to increase their participation in housework with the increase in their educational level. The results suggest that in Japan, the institute of marriage places higher expectations on women’s housework participation on married women with higher levels of education.

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  • Kolpashnikova, Kamila & Kan, Man Yee & Shirakawa, Kiyomi, 2019. "Marriage Penalty : Unconditional Quantile Regression of Housework Participation in Japan," Discussion Paper Series 695, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.
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    1. Kolpashnikova, Kamila & Chiba, Ryota & Shirakawa, Kiyomi, 2019. "Socioeconomic Status and Housework: Cultural Differences in Participation in Routine Housework in Japan, Canada, and the US," OSF Preprints 9tfce, Center for Open Science.
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    • J0 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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