Intra-Household Specialization in Housework in the United States and Denmark

Jens Bonke (), Mette Deding, Mette Lausten and Leslie Sundt Stratton

Social Science Quarterly, 2008, vol. 89, issue 4, pages 1023-1043

Abstract: Focusing on housework activities, we hypothesize that the degree of specialization is influenced by economic notions of efficiency, as well as by time constraints and egalitarian values. Copyright (c) 2008 by the Southwestern Social Science Association.

Date: 2008

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