Arbeitspapier

The effect of children on specialization and coordination of partners' activities

This paper first documents the extent of the specialization in time use in couple families, and the impact of children on this specialization. It then examines the links between the time allocations of partners in couple families, the impact of children on these links, and the effects these factors have on specialization in time use. Children are shown to intensify the specialization in time use in couple families through reducing the apparent complementarity in time allocations of their parents.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4768

Classification
Wirtschaft
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Subject
Time allocations
gender
specialisation
coordination

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Le, Anh Tram
Miller, Paul W.
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2010

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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Le, Anh Tram
  • Miller, Paul W.
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2010

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