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Article: Southern Methodist University publishes research in marriage and family.
- Article from:
- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- September 8, 2008
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According to recent research from the United States, "Explanations for married men's wage premium often emphasize greater market productivity due to a gendered division of household labor, though this ''specialization thesis'' has been insufficiently interrogated."
"Using data from Wave 2 of the National Survey of Families and Households (N = 972), this paper examines the relationship between wages and time spent in paid labor and housework for married women and men with high levels of labor force attachment and their spouses. Scrutiny of couples' time use finds strong evidence for the gendered division of labor, but little support for the anticipated wage ...