The demand for Domestic work in Chile and Uruguay. Association with time use patterns

Veronica Amarante, Cecilia Rossel () and Federico Scalese ()
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Cecilia Rossel: Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Federico Scalese: Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración. Instituto de Economía

No 22-18, Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) from Instituto de Economía - IECON

Abstract: This paper analyzes the demand for paid domestic work in Chile and Uruguay, focusing on the relationship between the outsourcing of domestic work and gender gaps in unpaid work within households. Households demanding domestic paid work are similar in Chile and Uruguay, although they are more concentrated in the upper quintile in the case of Chile. In both countries, the presence of domestic workers is associated with a reduction in the gender gap in unpaid hours of work within households. However, in Chile, this is mainly due to the reduction of women's unpaid work, while in Uruguay, it is also associated with men’s time spent in unpaid work.

Keywords: domestic work; outsourcing; gender; Latin America; paid and unpaid work; Chile; Uruguay (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J2 J4 J7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 51 pages
Date: 2022-12
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