Housework Share between Partners: Experimental Evidence on Gender Identity
39 Pages Posted: 25 Oct 2014
Abstract
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 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.
Keywords: gender, housework, unpaid work, division of labor, experiment
JEL Classification: J16, J22, C35
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Auspurg, Katrin and Iacovou, Maria and Nicoletti, Cheti, Housework Share between Partners: Experimental Evidence on Gender Identity. IZA Discussion Paper No. 8569, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2514762 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2514762
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