Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/301166 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
ZEF Working Paper Series No. 229
Publisher: 
University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study investigates the dynamics of time allocation within Ethiopian rural households. Analysis of daily time allocation shows a contrast in total work hours between men and women, with women shouldering a significantly higher burden. This disparity suggests an incidence of time poverty among women. Further exploration presents the gendered division of labor within households with unpaid work entirely delegated to women and children and men undertaking only paid work. Women's simultaneous engagement in paid and unpaid work reduces their leisure time considerably, especially in low-income households. Moreover, the study analyses women's time use patterns and children's nutritional outcomes. We also analyze infrastructural and service access on time allocation; we find that improved access, particularly to electricity and agricultural technologies, reduces women's unpaid work and increases the leisure of all members of the household.
Subjects: 
Time-Use
Unpaid Work
Gender Inequality
Children's Diets
Technology
JEL: 
J22
J16
B54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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