GENDER DIFFERENTIALS IN DOMESTIC WORK, MARKET WORK, AND TOTAL WORK TIME - UK TIME BUDGET SURVEY EVIDENCE FOR 1974 5 AND 1987/

Authors
JENKINS SP OLEARY NC
Citation
Sp. Jenkins et Nc. Oleary, GENDER DIFFERENTIALS IN DOMESTIC WORK, MARKET WORK, AND TOTAL WORK TIME - UK TIME BUDGET SURVEY EVIDENCE FOR 1974 5 AND 1987/, Scottish journal of political economy, 44(2), 1997, pp. 153-164
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Political Science",Economics
Journal title
Scottish journal of political economy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00369292
Volume
44
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
153 - 164
Database
ISI
SICI code
0036-9292(1997)44:2<153:GDIDWM>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We provide evidence about UK trends in gender differentials in market work time, domestic work time, and their sum (total work time) between the mid-1970s and mid-1980s. The ratio of women's total work hours to men's total work hours changed little, but for both sexes allocations of time to different types of work changed considerably. Breakdowns b y marital status reveal additional interesting information. The trends in domestic work time are decomposed into 'coefficient change' and 'c ompositional change' components using regression-based shift-share met hods.