What Explains Gender Gap in Unpaid Household and Care Work in India?

Athary Janiso, Prakash Kumar Shukla and Bheemeshwar Reddy A
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Athary Janiso: BITS-PILANI, Hyderabad Campus
Prakash Kumar Shukla: BITS-PILANI, Hyderabad Campus
Bheemeshwar Reddy A: BITS-PILANI, Hyderabad Campus

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Abstract: Due to the unavailability of nationally representative data on time use, a systematic analysis of the gender gap in unpaid household and care work has not been undertaken in the context of India. The present paper, using the recent Time Use Survey (2019) data, examines the socioeconomic and demographic factors associated with variation in time spent on unpaid household and care work among men and women. It analyses how much of the gender gap in the time allocated to unpaid work can be explained by differences in these factors. The findings show that women spend much higher time compared to men in unpaid household and care work. The decomposition results reveal that differences in socioeconomic and demographic factors between men and women do not explain most of the gender gap in unpaid household work. Our results indicate that unobserved gender norms and practices most crucially govern the allocation of unpaid work within Indian households.

Date: 2021-06, Revised 2021-07
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