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Marriage and housework

Borra, C; Browning, M; Sevilla, A; (2021) Marriage and housework. Oxford Economic Papers , 73 (2) pp. 479-508. 10.1093/oep/gpaa026. Green open access

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Abstract

This article provides insights into the gains of forming a couple by estimating how much of the difference in housework between single and married individuals is causal and how much is due to selection. Time-varying observed variables and time-invariant heterogeneity explains about half of the observed differences in housework documented in the cross-sectional data. There remains a genuine one-and-a-half-hour increase per week in housework time for each partner, with women specializing in routine and men in non-routine housework tasks.

Type: Article
Title: Marriage and housework
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpaa026
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpaa026
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: D13 - Household Production and Intrahousehold AllocationJ12 - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic AbuseJ22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10137770
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