Intrafamily time allocation of housework: Evidence from Japan

Atsuko Ueda

doi:10.1016/j.jjie.2003.12.002

Intrafamily time allocation of housework: Evidence from Japan

Atsuko Ueda^*

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School of Political Science and Economics

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This study empirically examines determinants of intrafamily time allocation of housework. It specifically addresses simultaneous effects of housework time for wives and husbands in Japan. According to estimated results using microdata of the 1996 Survey on Time Use and Leisure Activities, a husband's help reduces his wife's housework time, although a five minute increase in a husband's help reduces only one minute of the wife's housework time in dual-earner households. Results also suggest that higher earnings reduce an individual's housework time and increase the spouse's housework time.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-23
Number of pages	23
Journal	Journal of The Japanese and International Economies
Volume	19
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jjie.2003.12.002
Publication status	Published - 2005 Mar

Keywords

Allocation of time
Housework
Time use
Work at home

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Finance
Economics and Econometrics
Political Science and International Relations

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