Artikel

The determinants of housework time

The time household members in industrialized countries spend on housework and shopping is substantial, amounting to about half as much as is spent on paid employment. Women bear the brunt of this burden, driven in part by the gender wage differential. Efforts to reduce the gender wage gap and alter gendered norms of behavior should reduce the gender bias in household production time and reduce inefficiency in home production. Policymakers should also note the impact of tax policy on housework time and its market substitutes, and consider ways to reduce the distortions caused by sales and income taxes.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2020 ; Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Household Production and Intrahousehold Allocation
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents: Household
Demographic Economics: General
Thema
housework
gender
home production
tax policy
outsourcing

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
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Stratton, Leslie S.
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2020

DOI
doi:10.15185/izawol.133.v2
Handle
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Beteiligte

  • Stratton, Leslie S.
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2020

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