Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35420 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4188
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper analyses the intra-household allocation of time to show gender differences in childcare. In the framework of a general efficiency approach, hours spent on childcare by each parent are regressed against individual and household characteristics, for five samples (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and Spain), with data being drawn from the European Community Household Panel-ECHP (1994-2001). Empirical results show a clear inequality in childcare between fathers and mothers, with this being more evident in Mediterranean countries. Panel data estimates reveal that, in general, caring tasks are mainly influenced by the presence of young children in the household, by the total non-labor income, and by the ratio of mothers' non-labor income to family's non-labor income, with this latter variable exhibiting a different behavior across genders and across countries.
Subjects: 
Childcare
gender differences
intra-household
JEL: 
D13
J22
C33
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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