Sharing housework between husbands and wives: How to improve marital satisfaction for working wives in Japan

Artikel

This paper examines whether and how the marital satisfaction of Japanese couples is related to the housework the spouse performs. For single-earner couples, both husbands and wives are more satisfied with the other spouse if the wife performs the greater share of the housework on weekdays. In dual-earner couples, both husbands and wives experience higher spousal satisfaction when the other spouse performs more housework on weekdays. Japanese dual-earner couples are unable to spend more time on housework, because wives are already performing a significant share of housework on weekdays while husbands are working long hours.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA Journal of Labor Policy ; ISSN: 2193-9004 ; Volume: 5 ; Year: 2016 ; Issue: 18 ; Pages: 1-15 ; Heidelberg: Springer

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply
• Subject: Marriage ; Housework/division of labor ; Satisfaction ; Time use ; Wives’ employment

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Kobayashi, Mayu ; Kobayashi, Miki ; Okumura, Tsunao ; Usui, Emiko
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Springer
• (where): Heidelberg
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1186/s40173-016-0074-9
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/194371
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET