| 来源类型 | Discussion paper
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| 规范类型 | 论文
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| 来源ID | DP6197
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| DP6197 Search in Cities |
| Yves Zenou
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| 发表日期 | 2007-03-28
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| 出版年 | 2007
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | Using time-diary data from 25 countries, we demonstrate that there is a negative relationship between real GDP per capita and the female-male difference in total work time per day?the sum of work for pay and work at home. In rich northern countries on four continents there is no difference?men and women do the same amount of total work. This latter fact has been presented before by several sociologists for a few rich countries; but our survey results show that labour economists, macroeconomists, the general public and sociologists are unaware of it and instead believe that women perform more total work. The facts do not arise from gender differences in the price of time (as measured by market wages), as women?s total work is further below men?s where their relative wages are lower. Additional tests using U.S. and German data show that they do not arise from differences in marital bargaining, as gender equality is not associated with marital status; nor do they stem from family norms, since most of the variance in the gender total work difference is due to within-couple differences. We offer a theory of social norms to explain the facts. The social-norm explanation is better able to account for within-education group and within-region gender differences in total work being smaller than inter-group differences. It is consistent with evidence using the World Values Surveys that female total work is relatively greater than men?s where both men and women believe that scarce jobs should be offered to men first. |
| 主题 | International Macroeconomics
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| 关键词 | Gender differences
Household production
Paid work
Time use
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| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp6197
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| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/535053
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Yves Zenou. DP6197 Search in Cities. 2007.
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