Explaining the Data

M. M.C. Burda, Daniel Hamermesh and Philippe Weil

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Abstract: This chapter offers a variety of explanations for some of the facts discovered in Chapter 1. Of particular interest is the male-female differences in the amount of total work - market work plus household production. A theory of the mechanisms by which social norms can affect sex roles in market and non-market productive activities is developed. The chapter then proceeds to consider the welfare implications of coordinating non-market activities within a local or national economy and develops a model that helps to explain some of the findings in Chapter 1 on the timing of market work.

Keywords: Europe; Household production; Market work; Non-market work; Total work; US; Welfare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-05
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