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dc.contributor.authorBasilio, Leilanieen
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-30-
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-12T15:07:11Z-
dc.date.available2010-02-12T15:07:11Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-86788-139-5en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/29908-
dc.description.abstractThe paper examines whether there is an asymmetry in the distribution of market work and domestic work within families in Australia, and to what extent differences in earnings capacities of spouses can account for the division of labor. Using a Blinder-Oaxaca Tobit-type decomposition, we find that the difference in earnings capacities of Australian couples could explain about 30 and 20 percent of the observed disparities in spousal time allocation in market and domestic work, respectively. Most of the work gaps, however, appear to be accounted for by the differences in labor supply behaviors of partners rather than by the differences in earnings capacities. We further observe that the differences in wages are more relevant for immigrant families originating from non-English speaking countries. Convergence of gender wages would produce the greatest reduction in spousal specialization for this particular group. Given that immigrant women from non-English speaking background have high levels of formal qualifications, our results could assert the significance of improving the returns to human capital attributes of these immigrant women in reducing the imbalance in spousal work distribution.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aRheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) |cEssenen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aRuhr Economic Papers |x125en
dc.subject.jelJ22en
dc.subject.jelD13en
dc.subject.jelJ16en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordHousehold time allocationen
dc.subject.keywordhouseworken
dc.subject.keywordgender effectsen
dc.subject.stwHausarbeiten
dc.subject.stwFamilienökonomiken
dc.subject.stwErwerbstätigkeiten
dc.subject.stwMigrantenen
dc.subject.stwLohndifferenzierungen
dc.subject.stwAustralienen
dc.titleDeciding Who Works Where – An Analysis of the Distribution of Work within Native and Immigrant Families in Australia-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn605642516en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:rwirep:125en

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