Hours of work and gender identity: does part-time work make the family happier?

Alison Lee Booth () and Jan C. van Ours
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Jan C. van Ours: Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research

No 2, Discussion Paper from Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research

Abstract: Taking into account inter-dependence within the family, we investigate the relationship between part-time work and happiness. We use panel data from the new Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia Survey. Our analysis indicates that part-time women are more satisfied with working hours than full-time women. Partnered women's life satisfaction is increased if their partners work full-time. Male partners' life satisfaction is unaffected by their partners' market hours but is increased if they themselves are working full-time. This finding is consistent with the gender identity hypothesis of Akerlof and Kranton (2000).

Keywords: happiness; gender identity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J22 I31 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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