Research Paper MPRA Papers 68668
Does teleworking affect housework division and improve the well-being of couples?
Authors
Publication date
2015
Summary
This study examines the relationship between teleworking, gender roles and happiness of couples using data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) during the period 1991- 2009. Various approaches are followed; Probit-adapted fixed effects, multinomial Logit and three stage least squares. The results support that both men and women who are teleworkers spend more time on housework, while teleworking increases the probability that the household chores examined in this study, such as cooking, cleaning ironing and childcare, will be shared
relatively to those who are non-teleworkers. In addition, women are happier when they or their spouse is teleworker, as well as, both men and women are happier when they state that the specific household chores are shared. Thus, teleworkers may be happier for the reason that they are able to face the family demands and share the household chores with their spouse, increasing their fairness belief about the household division allocation and improving their well-being, expressed by happiness.
Subjects
Information And Communication Technologies, Psychology, Labour Market, Well Being, and Sociology Of Households
Links
https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/68668/
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