Intra-household time allocation : gender differences in caring for children
Garcia-Mainar, Inmaculada ; Molina, Jose Alberto ; Montuenga, Victor
Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn
IZA - Bonn
2009
29 p.
child care ; family responsibilities ; gender ; household income ; statistics ; time management
Discussion Paper Series
4188
Social protection - Family responsibilities
English
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"This paper analyses the intra-household allocation of time to show gender differences in childcare. In the framework of a general efficiency approach, hours spent on childcare by each parent are regressed against individual and household characteristics, for five samples (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain), with data being drawn from the European Community Household Panel-ECHP (1994-2001). Empirical results show a clear inequality in childcare between fathers and mothers, with this being more evident in Mediterranean countries. Panel data estimates reveal that, in general, caring tasks are mainly influenced by the presence of young children in the household, by the total non-labor income, and by the ratio of mothers' non-labor income to family's non-labor income, with this latter variable exhibiting a different behavior across genders and across countries."
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