Married Couples’ Time Allocation Decisions and Marital Stability

Robert Weagley (), Min-Lee Chan () and Jiahui Yan

Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2007, vol. 28, issue 3, 507-525

Abstract: The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), 1985–1992, are the data used to simultaneously examine the role of family stability to both market and household time allocation for both spouses and the role of couples’ time allocation in their probability of divorce. The study found that increases in the probabilities of divorce were only significantly correlated with decreases in wife’s housework time. It was also found by the study that increases in the husband’s market work hours and increases in the wife’s household work hours had negative effects on the probability of divorce. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007

Keywords: Divorce; Market work; Household production (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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