Marriage Penalty: Unconditional Quantile Regression of Housework Participation in Japan

Kamila Kolpashnikova, Man Yee Kan and Kiyomi Shirakawa

No 695, Discussion Paper Series from Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

Abstract: We analyze cross-sectional time-use diaries from the 2011 and 2016 Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities (Shakai Seikatsu Kihon Chosa) to investigate the association between educational level and housework participation at different quantiles. Using the unconditional quantile regression method, we test whether education is associated with less time spent on housework as the previous research on highly educated people suggests. We find that this hypothesis stands only for non-married Japanese women. On the other hand, among married Japanese women, especially those without children in higher deciles of housework participation, are more likely to increase their participation in housework with the increase in their educational level. The results suggest that in Japan, the institute of marriage places higher expectations on women’s housework participation on married women with higher levels of education.

Keywords: gender; housework; Japanese households; routine housework; unconditional quantile regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2019-06
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