Esther De Ruijter
Biographic Data
| ID | 197143 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Esther De Ruijter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Esther |
| FAMILY NAME | De Ruijter |
| SIGNATURE | DE RUIJTER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utrecht University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 168 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Getting Outside Help: How Trust Problems Explain Household Differences in Domestic Outsourcing in the Netherlands
This article examines the influence of trust problems on the use of domestic outsourcing by couples from a gender perspective. The authors argue that trust problems matter in outsourcing decisions, because an outsider enters the privacy of the household and takes over tasks of special value. Analyses of data from a survey among 740 Dutch couples show that trust problems faced by female partners influence the outsourcing of female tasks, and the s…
Co-Working Partners: The Influence Of Legal Arrangements
The self-employed can benefit from having their partner work in their business due to fiscal benefits, low wage costs, and a lower risk of opportunism, following from the integration of business activities with a significant partner relationship. However, if the intimate relationship ends, the co-working partner's investments in the firm are lost. Legal arrangements, such as marriage, can protect the co-working partner and reduce the risks associ…
A Family Affair: Explaining Co-Working By Family Members
This study focuses on co-working by intimate partners and other family members in entrepreneurs' businesses. We hypothesize that co-working by family is beneficial because it reduces trust problems associated with employment relations. On the other hand, co-working is risky because co-working family members may lose income from, and their investments in, the business in the case of bankruptcy or, specific to co-working partners, in the case of se…
Earnings and Expenditures on Household Services in Married and Cohabiting Unions
Despite the rise in women's paid employment, little is known about how women and their partners allocate money to outsource domestic tasks, especially in unmarried unions. Tobit analyses of 6,170 married and cohabiting couples in the 1998 Consumer Expenditure Survey test hypotheses that recognize gender inequality between partners, gender typing of household tasks, and differences between cohabitation and marriage. Women's earned income is more i…
Working your Way in: How Trust Problems and Social Embeddedness Affect the Behavior of Home Maintenance Suppliers
This article studies the influence of trust problems and social embeddedness on the behavior of home maintenance suppliers, especially (1) their efforts to convince households of their trustworthiness, and (2) whether or not they will behave opportunistically. Data were collected by means of a vignette experiment among 83 home maintenance suppliers, with a total of 165 vignettes. To some extent, the problem potential increases the efforts supplie…
Effects of Job Features on Domestic Outsourcing as a Strategy for Combining Paid and Domestic Work
This article examines the influence of job features on domestic outsourcing. The central hypothesis is that households use outsourcing more often if the partners are less available for domestic chores and caregiving because of job demands. Analyses of data on 795 Dutch couples show that if they work longer hours, there is more of a demand for the outsourcing of female tasks. Flexible availability resulting from autonomy and working at home facili…
Outsourcing the Gender Factory: Living Arrangements and Service Expenditures on Female and Male Tasks
Using data from the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey 1998, this study analyzes how much money different types of households spend for domestic services on “female” and “male” tasks. We test alternative hypotheses based on economic and sociological theories of gender differentiation. Contrary to arguments that marriage lowers the risk to one partner of specializing in housework, we find no differences in service expenditures between cohabiting and…
Outsourcing of Domestic Tasks and Time-saving Effects
The increased participation of women in paid labor has changed the organization of domestic work. This article deals with a strategy to cope with remaining domestic duties; to what extent are domestic tasks outsourced, what are the main determinants, and does it indeed save time spent on housework? Five outsourcing options are investigated: domestic help, take-out meals, the microwave, the dishwasher, and the dryer. Hypotheses are formulated with…
Trends in the Outsourcing of Domestic Work and Childcare in the Netherlands: Compositional or Behavioral Change
Changes in the composition of households-especially the growing number of dual earners and singles-are often assumed to be associated with an increase in domestic outsourcing. In this article, trends in the outsourcing of household tasks (employing a domestic help and eating out) and the use of child daycare are analyzed with Dutch data (TBO 1980-2000, AVO 1983-1999). As it turns out, the observed increase over the past few decades in the outsour…
Trust Problems in Household Outsourcing
This article addresses the issue of domestic outsourcing. We view outsourcing decisions as the result of utility-maximizing behavior on the part of households. Earlier studies have shown that households with more time constraints, the most common reason for outsourcing, do not always outsource more. To account for these unexpected empirical findings, we provide a new explanation for outsourcing decisions that focuses on trust problems associated …
Outsourcing the Gender Factory: Living Arrangements and Service Expenditures on Female and Male Tasks
Using data from the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey 1998, this study analyzes how much money different types of households spend for domestic services on “female” and “male” tasks. We test alternative hypotheses based on economic and sociological theories of gender differentiation. Contrary to arguments that marriage lowers the risk to one partner of specializing in housework, we find no differences in service expenditures between cohabiting and…
Earnings and Expenditures on Household Services in Married and Cohabiting Unions
Despite the rise in women's paid employment, little is known about how women and their partners allocate money to outsource domestic tasks, especially in unmarried unions. Tobit analyses of 6,170 married and cohabiting couples in the 1998 Consumer Expenditure Survey test hypotheses that recognize gender inequality between partners, gender typing of household tasks, and differences between cohabitation and marriage. Women's earned income is more i…
Outsourcing of Domestic Tasks and Time-saving Effects
The increased participation of women in paid labor has changed the organization of domestic work. This article deals with a strategy to cope with remaining domestic duties; to what extent are domestic tasks outsourced, what are the main determinants, and does it indeed save time spent on housework? Five outsourcing options are investigated: domestic help, take-out meals, the microwave, the dishwasher, and the dryer. Hypotheses are formulated with…
Trends in the Outsourcing of Domestic Work and Childcare in the Netherlands: Compositional or Behavioral Change
Changes in the composition of households-especially the growing number of dual earners and singles-are often assumed to be associated with an increase in domestic outsourcing. In this article, trends in the outsourcing of household tasks (employing a domestic help and eating out) and the use of child daycare are analyzed with Dutch data (TBO 1980-2000, AVO 1983-1999). As it turns out, the observed increase over the past few decades in the outsour…
Trust Problems in Household Outsourcing
This article addresses the issue of domestic outsourcing. We view outsourcing decisions as the result of utility-maximizing behavior on the part of households. Earlier studies have shown that households with more time constraints, the most common reason for outsourcing, do not always outsource more. To account for these unexpected empirical findings, we provide a new explanation for outsourcing decisions that focuses on trust problems associated …
Effects of Job Features on Domestic Outsourcing as a Strategy for Combining Paid and Domestic Work
This article examines the influence of job features on domestic outsourcing. The central hypothesis is that households use outsourcing more often if the partners are less available for domestic chores and caregiving because of job demands. Analyses of data on 795 Dutch couples show that if they work longer hours, there is more of a demand for the outsourcing of female tasks. Flexible availability resulting from autonomy and working at home facili…
Getting Outside Help: How Trust Problems Explain Household Differences in Domestic Outsourcing in the Netherlands
This article examines the influence of trust problems on the use of domestic outsourcing by couples from a gender perspective. The authors argue that trust problems matter in outsourcing decisions, because an outsider enters the privacy of the household and takes over tasks of special value. Analyses of data from a survey among 740 Dutch couples show that trust problems faced by female partners influence the outsourcing of female tasks, and the s…
Working your Way in: How Trust Problems and Social Embeddedness Affect the Behavior of Home Maintenance Suppliers
This article studies the influence of trust problems and social embeddedness on the behavior of home maintenance suppliers, especially (1) their efforts to convince households of their trustworthiness, and (2) whether or not they will behave opportunistically. Data were collected by means of a vignette experiment among 83 home maintenance suppliers, with a total of 165 vignettes. To some extent, the problem potential increases the efforts supplie…
Trust Problems in Household Outsourcing
This article addresses the issue of domestic outsourcing. We view outsourcing decisions as the result of utility-maximizing behavior on the part of households. Earlier studies have shown that households with more time constraints, the most common reason for outsourcing, do not always outsource more. To account for these unexpected empirical findings, we provide a new explanation for outsourcing decisions that focuses on trust problems associated …
Outsourcing of Domestic Tasks and Time-saving Effects
The increased participation of women in paid labor has changed the organization of domestic work. This article deals with a strategy to cope with remaining domestic duties; to what extent are domestic tasks outsourced, what are the main determinants, and does it indeed save time spent on housework? Five outsourcing options are investigated: domestic help, take-out meals, the microwave, the dishwasher, and the dryer. Hypotheses are formulated with…
Trends in the Outsourcing of Domestic Work and Childcare in the Netherlands: Compositional or Behavioral Change
Changes in the composition of households-especially the growing number of dual earners and singles-are often assumed to be associated with an increase in domestic outsourcing. In this article, trends in the outsourcing of household tasks (employing a domestic help and eating out) and the use of child daycare are analyzed with Dutch data (TBO 1980-2000, AVO 1983-1999). As it turns out, the observed increase over the past few decades in the outsour…
Outsourcing the Gender Factory: Living Arrangements and Service Expenditures on Female and Male Tasks
Using data from the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey 1998, this study analyzes how much money different types of households spend for domestic services on “female” and “male” tasks. We test alternative hypotheses based on economic and sociological theories of gender differentiation. Contrary to arguments that marriage lowers the risk to one partner of specializing in housework, we find no differences in service expenditures between cohabiting and…
Working your Way in: How Trust Problems and Social Embeddedness Affect the Behavior of Home Maintenance Suppliers
This article studies the influence of trust problems and social embeddedness on the behavior of home maintenance suppliers, especially (1) their efforts to convince households of their trustworthiness, and (2) whether or not they will behave opportunistically. Data were collected by means of a vignette experiment among 83 home maintenance suppliers, with a total of 165 vignettes. To some extent, the problem potential increases the efforts supplie…
Effects of Job Features on Domestic Outsourcing as a Strategy for Combining Paid and Domestic Work
This article examines the influence of job features on domestic outsourcing. The central hypothesis is that households use outsourcing more often if the partners are less available for domestic chores and caregiving because of job demands. Analyses of data on 795 Dutch couples show that if they work longer hours, there is more of a demand for the outsourcing of female tasks. Flexible availability resulting from autonomy and working at home facili…
Co-Working Partners: The Influence Of Legal Arrangements
The self-employed can benefit from having their partner work in their business due to fiscal benefits, low wage costs, and a lower risk of opportunism, following from the integration of business activities with a significant partner relationship. However, if the intimate relationship ends, the co-working partner's investments in the firm are lost. Legal arrangements, such as marriage, can protect the co-working partner and reduce the risks associ…
A Family Affair: Explaining Co-Working By Family Members
This study focuses on co-working by intimate partners and other family members in entrepreneurs' businesses. We hypothesize that co-working by family is beneficial because it reduces trust problems associated with employment relations. On the other hand, co-working is risky because co-working family members may lose income from, and their investments in, the business in the case of bankruptcy or, specific to co-working partners, in the case of se…
Earnings and Expenditures on Household Services in Married and Cohabiting Unions
Despite the rise in women's paid employment, little is known about how women and their partners allocate money to outsource domestic tasks, especially in unmarried unions. Tobit analyses of 6,170 married and cohabiting couples in the 1998 Consumer Expenditure Survey test hypotheses that recognize gender inequality between partners, gender typing of household tasks, and differences between cohabitation and marriage. Women's earned income is more i…
Getting Outside Help: How Trust Problems Explain Household Differences in Domestic Outsourcing in the Netherlands
This article examines the influence of trust problems on the use of domestic outsourcing by couples from a gender perspective. The authors argue that trust problems matter in outsourcing decisions, because an outsider enters the privacy of the household and takes over tasks of special value. Analyses of data from a survey among 740 Dutch couples show that trust problems faced by female partners influence the outsourcing of female tasks, and the s…
Business (9 works) · Economics (9 works) · Marketing (7 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (6 works) · Labour economics (6 works) · Outsourcing (6 works) · Work-Family Balance Challenges (6 works) · Demographic economics (4 works) · Wage (4 works) · Domestic work (3 works)