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Like my parents at home? Gender differences in children’s housework in Germany and Spain

J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal (ngimenez@unizar.es), José Alberto Molina and Raquel Ortega
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J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal: University of Zaragoza and CTUR
Raquel Ortega: Department of Business, Faculty of Economics, University of Zaragoza

Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Jose Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal (ngimenez@unizar.es)

Empirical Economics, 2017, vol. 52, issue 4, No 1, 1143-1179

Abstract: Abstract This paper analyzes the relationship between parents’ time devoted to housework and the time devoted to housework by their children. Using data for Germany and Spain from the Multinational Time Use Study, we find positive correlations between parents’ and children’s housework time, indicating that the more time parents devote to housework, the more time their children devote to housework. However, we find cross-country differences in these relationships. In Germany, both fathers’ and mothers’ housework is positively related to the time devoted to housework by their children, while in Spain this relationship only holds for fathers’ time. We also find that these results are not applicable to all subgroups of the population, as our analysis considering the labor force status and education of the parents yields mixed results.

Keywords: Housework; Children; Time Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/s00181-016-1100-x

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