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Title: Gender division of household labor: How does culture operate?

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2022

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DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2022.2078852

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Abstract: This article examines the ways in which culture plays a role in the gender division of household labor. To explore this issue, the study uses data on early-arrival first- and second-generation immigrants living in the United States who have a married/unmarried partner present in the household. Because all of these individuals have grown up under the same laws, institutions, and economic conditions that prevail in the US, the differences between them in the gender division of housework may be attributed to cultural differences in their countries of ancestry. The study finds that the stronger the culture of gender equality in the country of ancestry, the greater the equality in immigrants’ current division of housework. This result is maintained when considering both housework and childcare as household labor. This work is extended by examining how culture operates and is transmitted, and whether culture may influence the work–life balance.

Url: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13545701.2022.2078852?journalCode=rfec20

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Authors: Marcen, Miriam; Marina, Morales

Periodical (Full): Feminist Economics

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Pages: 1-28

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Topics: Family and Marriage, Migration and Immigration, Work, Family, and Time

Countries: Germany