The Effect of Children on Specialization and Coordination of Partners' Activities

Anh Le and Paul Miller

No 4768, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper first documents the extent of the specialization in time use in couple families, and the impact of children on this specialization. It then examines the links between the time allocations of partners in couple families, the impact of children on these links, and the effects these factors have on specialization in time use. Children are shown to intensify the specialization in time use in couple families through reducing the apparent complementarity in time allocations of their parents.

Keywords: coordination; gender; time allocations; specialisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J16 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2010-02
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Published - published in: Economics Letters, 2010, 108 (2), 237-241

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