Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272672 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16045
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using data from "Generation and Gender Survey" for Poland, we study the relationship between women's relative income within the household, as measured by the female share of total household income, and women's involvement in housework. We find that households in which the woman contributes more to the total household income are more likely to share housework equally. We also find that individual gender norms matter both for women's involvement in unpaid work at home and for the observed link between the female share of income and inequality between the partners in the division of housework. Women from less traditional households are found to be more likely to share housework equally. However, this negative relationship between the female share of household income and female involvement in housework is not observed among more traditional couples.
Subjects: 
household income
income inequality
housework
gender norms
JEL: 
D10
D13
D31
J12
J16
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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