Social norms and household time allocation

Economic theories of the household predict that increases in female relative human capital lead to decreases in female housework time. However, longitudinal and cross-sectional evidence seems to contradict this implication. Women's share of home time fails to decrease despite increases in women...

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Main Authors: Sevilla-Sanz, A, Fernandez, C
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2006