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Fleche, Sarah, Lepinteur, Anthony and Powdthavee, Nick (2018) Gender norms and relative working hours : why do women suffer more than men from working longer hours than their partner? AEA Papers and Proceedings, 108 . pp. 163-168. doi:10.1257/pandp.20181098
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20181098
Abstract
Constraints that prevent women from working longer hours are argued to be important drivers of the gender wage gap in the United States. We provide evidence that in couples where the wife's working hours exceed the husband's, the wife reports lower life satisfaction. By contrast, there is no effect on the husband's satisfaction. The results still hold when controlling for relative income. We argue that these patterns are best explained by perceived fairness of the division of household labor, which induces an aversion to a situation where the wife works more at home and on the labor market.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor | |||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | |||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Pay equity -- United States, Hours of labor -- Psychological aspects -- United States, Hours of labor -- Social aspects -- United States, Women -- Employment -- United States | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | AEA Papers and Proceedings | |||||||||
| Publisher: | American Economic Association | |||||||||
| Official Date: | May 2018 | |||||||||
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| Volume: | 108 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 163-168 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1257/pandp.20181098 | |||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | |||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 16 May 2018 | |||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 16 May 2018 | |||||||||
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