Arbeitspapier
Hours of work and gender identity: does part-time work make the family happier?
Taking into account inter-dependence within the family, we investigate the relationship between part-time work and happiness. We use panel data from the new Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia Survey. Our analysis indicates that part-time women are more satisfied with working hours than full-time women. Partnered women's life satisfaction is increased if their partners work full-time. Male partners' life satisfaction is unaffected by their partners' market hours but is increased if they themselves are working full-time. This finding is consistent with the gender identity hypothesis of Akerlof and Kranton (2000).
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 1884
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
General Welfare; Well-Being
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- Subject
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part-time work
happiness
gender identity
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Booth, Alison L.
van Ours, Jan C.
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2005
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Booth, Alison L.
- van Ours, Jan C.
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2005
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