When does gender trump money? Bargaining and time in household work

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作者
Bittman, M
England, P
Folbre, N
Sayer, L
Matheson, G
机构
[1] Northwestern Univ, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
[2] Univ New S Wales, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia
[3] Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[4] Univ Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
[5] Univ Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
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10.1086/378341
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C91 [社会学];
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030301 ; 1204 ;
摘要
Using data from Australia and the United States, the authors explore the effect of spouses' contribution to family income on how housework is divided. Consistent with exchange-bargaining theory, women decrease their housework as their earnings increase, up to the point where both spouses contribute equally to income. In other respects, gender trumps money. The base level of housework for women is much higher. Among the small percentage of couples who are in the range where women provide 51%-100% of household income, the change in housework is opposite what exchange theory predicts: couples that deviate from the normative income standard (men make more money than women) seem to compensate with a more traditional division of household work.
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