The determinants of housework time

Leslie Stratton

IZA World of Labor, 2015, No 133, 133

Abstract: The time household members in industrialized countries spend on housework and shopping is substantial, amounting on average to about half as much time as is spent on paid employment. Women bear the brunt of this burden, a difference that is driven in part by the gender differential in wages. Efforts to reduce the gender wage gap and alter gendered norms of behavior should reduce the gender bias in household production time and reduce inefficiency in home production. Policymakers should also note the impact of tax policy on housework time and consider ways to reduce the distortions caused by sales and income taxes.

Keywords: housework; gender; home production; tax policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 H31 J10 J16 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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