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The Intra‐household Division of Labor: An Empirical Analysis of Spousal Influences on Individual Time Allocation
Author(s) -
Bredtmann Julia
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
labour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1467-9914
pISSN - 1121-7081
DOI - 10.1111/labr.12024
Subject(s) - time allocation , endogeneity , simultaneity , economics , interdependence , division of labour , labour economics , work (physics) , time use survey , work time , demographic economics , econometrics , sociology , market economy , management , mechanical engineering , social science , physics , classical mechanics , engineering
Using the G erman T ime U se S urveys 1991/92 and 2001/02, this paper analyses the interactions between the time‐use decisions of partners within one household. Thereby, an interdependent model of the partners' times allocated to paid and unpaid work that allows for simultaneity and endogeneity of the time allocation decisions of the spouses is applied. When including both weekdays and weekend days in the analysis, a complementary relationship between the partner's time allocations is found. When restricting the analysis to weekdays, however, men's time dedicated to paid and unpaid work is unaffected by their wives' time‐use decisions.