Husbands' Housework Time: Does Wives' Paid Employment Make a Diference?

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Main Author: Begoña Álvarez
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Fundación SEPI 2006
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contents Husbands' Housework Time: Does Wives' Paid Employment Make a Diference? Begoña Álvarez Daniel Miles Economía y Finanzas endogeneity Time allocation count data models female labour supply In this paper, we investigate the effect of a woman´s decision to enter paidemployment on her husband´s contribution to domestic work. To explore thisissue, we analyze cross-sectional data on Spanish couples. Our results suggestthat female decision to participate in the labor market increases husbands´housework time. However, these estimates may be subject to an omitted variablebias due to both the joint nature of time allocation decisions within thehousehold and the correlation between unobservables. Once we take into accountthis endogeneity problem, we find a larger impact of the wife´s laborstatus. 2006 artículo científico 0210-1521 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=17330101 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=173 Investigaciones Económicas application/pdf Fundación SEPI Investigaciones Económicas (España) Num.1 Vol.XXX
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spellingShingle Husbands' Housework Time: Does Wives' Paid Employment Make a Diference?
Begoña Álvarez
Economía y Finanzas
endogeneity
Time allocation
count data models
female labour supply
Husbands' Housework Time: Does Wives' Paid Employment Make a Diference? Begoña Álvarez Daniel Miles Economía y Finanzas endogeneity Time allocation count data models female labour supply In this paper, we investigate the effect of a woman´s decision to enter paidemployment on her husband´s contribution to domestic work. To explore thisissue, we analyze cross-sectional data on Spanish couples. Our results suggestthat female decision to participate in the labor market increases husbands´housework time. However, these estimates may be subject to an omitted variablebias due to both the joint nature of time allocation decisions within thehousehold and the correlation between unobservables. Once we take into accountthis endogeneity problem, we find a larger impact of the wife´s laborstatus. 2006 artículo científico 0210-1521 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=17330101 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=173 Investigaciones Económicas application/pdf Fundación SEPI Investigaciones Económicas (España) Num.1 Vol.XXX
title Husbands' Housework Time: Does Wives' Paid Employment Make a Diference?
topic Economía y Finanzas
endogeneity
Time allocation
count data models
female labour supply
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=17330101