Durable Ownership, Time Allocation, and Female Labor Force Participation
Evidence from China's "Home Appliances to the Countryside" Rebate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4361971 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ishani Tewari (Curry College), Yabin Wang (0000-0002-2513-7543) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 87-127 |
| Publication date | 2021-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Development and Cultural Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0079 • E-ISSN: 1539-2988 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/706824 |
| OpenAlex | W2979539196 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 27 |
We estimate the effect of labor-saving household technologies on female labor force participation. To establish the causal link between home durable ownership and household time allocation, we exploit price shocks generated by the Home Appliances to the Countryside promotion, a rebate offered by the Chinese government to rural households for appliances such as refrigerators and washing machines. Following the rebate, eligible households had higher durable ownership, significant reductions in housework, and sizable increases in market work time and female labor force participation. In particular, we find that time reallocation is driven by females, rather than males, in the household. Further, females with primary-only education are most likely to adopt appliances, reduce housework, and participate in the labor market
Business · China · Consumption (sociology) · Demographic economics · Durable good · Economics · Exploit · Government (linguistics) · Labour economics · Microeconomics · Promotion (chess) · Rural area · Time allocation · Work (physics) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |