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Social norms, gender identity, and high-earning wives’ housework behavior in Japan: An identity economics framework

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: This article takes an identity economics perspective to examine the housework behavior of Japanese wives of couples where both spouses work full-time, based on panel data from the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers in 2000–2008. First, we show that Japanese wives are reluctant to reduce their housework time even when they out-earn their husbands. Second, there is no negative linear relationship between wives’ absolute income and the time they allocate to unpaid work. Last, we find no evidence that low-earning wives reduce their time spent on housework more rapidly than high-earning wives in Japan.

Source: The Japanese Political Economy

DOI: 10.1080/2329194x.2015.1105675

Author: Jun Ando

Institution: Niigata University of International and Information Studies

Language: English

Topic: Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Subfield: Gender Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Decent work and economic growth, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2201287922