| By: |
David Stich;
Moritz Hess |
| Abstract: |
This paper investigates how the retirement of one spouse affects the division
of household labor in couples. Two streams of theory can be found explaining
the division of household labor. The economic theories predict that the spouse
- women or men - how earns less money on the labor market will have higher
share of domestic labor. The value based theories explain the division of
household labor with shared norms and customs. In couples with conservative
values women do most of the household labor, while in modern couples the
division is more equal. Applying these two streams of theories to the
retirement process two hypotheses are stated: 1) The retirement of a spouse
does not affect the division of household labor. 2) The retirement of a spouse
does affect the division of household labor. The hypotheses are tested using
fixed-effect models and SOEP data. Results show that the share of household
labor increases after retirement for men and women alike. |
| Keywords: |
Renteneintritt, Hausarbeit, Geschlechterunterschiede |
| Date: |
2014 |
| URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:diw:diwsop:diw_sp683&r=ger |