Intrahousehold bargaining power and time allocation for multiple activities

Submitted by Cristóbal Vásquez on
EfD Authors:
Vásquez Lavín, Felipe
D. Ponce Oliva, Roberto

During the last decades, important policies have been implemented to incorporate women into the labor market and reduce persistent gender inequalities, trying to balance the time allocation between paid and unpaid work. We assess the Chilean case considering couples' time allocation with explicit consideration of intrahousehold bargaining power (relative wages and education). The Chilean case is interesting because we use the first urban national survey of time use, which could help understand gender differences in labor participation.

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Gender, Policy Design, Urban
Workers
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