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Sons, Daughters, and the Parental Division of Paid Work and Housework
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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... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
family; parenthood; housework; division of labor; child care; work-family balance; daughter; son; gender-specific factors; Federal Republic of Germany
Classification
Family Sociology, Sociology of Sexual Behavior
Free Keywords
family processes
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 100-123
Journal
Journal of Family Issues, 38 (2017) 1
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/176758
ISSN
1552-5481
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
With the permission of the rights owner, this publication is under open access due to a (DFG-/German Research Foundation-funded) national or Alliance license.