Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/176758 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Family Issues [ISSN:] 1552-5481 [Volume:] 38 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Sage [Place:] Thousand Oaks, CA [Year:] 2017 [Pages:] 100-123
Publisher: 
Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA
Abstract: 
Children play an important role in shaping the division of labor within couples. This study examines whether the impact of parenthood on the household division of paid work and housework is moderated by child gender, and thereby extends previous work on the effect of child gender on family life. The empirical analysis used fixed effects models and data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (1985-2011, N = 7,572). It showed that both fathers and mothers of boys spend more hours on paid work than parents of girls. This child-gender effect is, however, much stronger for women than for men. There is also suggestive evidence that mothers and fathers of a same-sex child spend more time on housework than mothers and fathers of an opposite-sex child. Overall, the analysis indicates that having a daughter is associated with a more traditional division of labor than having a son.
Subjects: 
household labor
work and family
qualitative
family processes
gender and family
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Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich / This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
Document Type: 
Article
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Published Version

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