Arbeitspapier

Housework share between partners: Experimental evidence on gender identity

Using an experimental design, we investigate the reasons behind the gendered division of housework within couples. In particular, we assess whether the fact that women do more housework than men may be explained by differences in preferences deriving from differences in gender identity between men and women. We find little evidence of any systematic gender differences in the preference for housework, suggesting that the reasons for the gendered division of housework lie elsewhere.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ISER Working Paper Series ; No. 2015-03

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Household Behavior: General
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Thema
gender
housework
unpaid work
division of labor
experiment

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Ausprung, Katrin
Iacovou, Maria
Nicoletti, Cheti
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
(wo)
Colchester
(wann)
2015

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Ausprung, Katrin
  • Iacovou, Maria
  • Nicoletti, Cheti
  • University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Entstanden

  • 2015

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