Gender differences in time allocation to paid and unpaid work
Evidence from urban households in Guatemala, 2000-2014
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2172636 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ilya Espino (0000-0002-1178-8943, Economics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Ana Hermeto (0000-0001-8331-1928, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil), Luciana Luz (0000-0002-0623-1438, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 154-169 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Community Work & Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1366-8803 • E-ISSN: 1469-3615 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13668803.2022.2130032 |
| OpenAlex | W4302362882 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 44 |
This paper examines the effects of individual and household characteristics on time allocation decisions for both women and men, and how these effects have evolved in Urban Guatemala using data from the National Survey of Living Conditions (2000 and 2014). We built a multivariate Tobit to model the decision of individuals to allocate time, distinguishing between three different types of time uses: housework, childcare and paid work. The results suggest that time allocation is strongly determined by gender. For both periods, on average, women devote more time to housework and childcare than men, while men spent more hours in paid work than their counterparts. However, men that report themselves as spouses tend to allocate significantly more hours to housework and childcare in 2014. Moreover, women's time allocation is more responsive to individuals and household characteristics than men in both periods. Finally, we find that educational attainment plays a central role in shaping how individuals allocate their time between market and non-market activities, especially for women. For instance, while housework time is negatively associated with education level, time devoted to childcare increases with instruction
Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Labour economics · Paid work · Time allocation · Time-use survey · Tobit model · Unpaid work · Work (physics · Working hours · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |