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Sons, Daughters, and the Parental Division of Paid Work and Housework

Children play an important role in shaping the division of labor within couples. This study examines whether the impact of parenthood on the household division of paid work and housework is moderated by child gender, and thereby extends previous work on the effect of child gender on family life. The empirical analysis used fixed effects models and data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (1985-2011, N = 7,572). It showed that both fathers and mothers of boys spend more hours on paid work than parents of girls. This child-gender effect is, however, much stronger for women than for men. There is also suggestive evidence that mothers and fathers of a same-sex child spend more time on housework than mothers and fathers of an opposite-sex child. Overall, the analysis indicates that having a daughter is associated with a more traditional division of labor than having a son.

Sons, Daughters, and the Parental Division of Paid Work and Housework

Urheber*in: Pollmann-Schult, Matthias

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ISSN
1552-5481
Extent
Seite(n): 100-123
Language
Englisch
Notes
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Bibliographic citation
Journal of Family Issues, 38(1)

Subject
Soziologie, Anthropologie
Familiensoziologie, Sexualsoziologie
Familie
Elternschaft
Hausarbeit
Arbeitsteilung
Kinderbetreuung
Familie-Beruf
Tochter
Sohn
geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren
Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Pollmann-Schult, Matthias
Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
(when)
2017

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  • Pollmann-Schult, Matthias

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  • 2017

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