| Περίληψη: | <p><strong>Purpose</strong> The paper investigates whether fertility intentions increase when husbands do more housework. </p>
<p><strong>Methodology</strong> Using the 2007-2016 Taiwan Panel Study of Family Dynamics, we examine the association between heterosexual husbands’ housework participation on their own and wives’ fertility intentions, according to the expectations of the post-transitional (occurring after the Second Demographic Transition) reversal in fertility rates and the gender revolution framework. </p>
<p><strong>Findings</strong> Our analysis shows that the effects of spousal housework participation are evident among Taiwanese heterosexual women, but men’s fertility intentions do not change depending on their own housework participation. In other words, more involvement in housework from husbands increases the fertility intentions among wives but does not increase their own fertility intentions. The results, therefore, indicate that Taiwanese men appear to lag behind on the gender revolution.</p>
<p><strong>Originality</strong> The paper extends the existing literature on the effects of husbands’ unpaid work participation on wives’ fertility intentions.</p>
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