Article: Housework done badly makes men look helpful

Article: HOUSEWORK AND THE WAGES OF YOUNG, MIDDLE-AGED, AND OLDER ...
Contemporary Economic Policy;  April 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Dynamics to examine whether the effect of housework time on wages differs among these age groups ... the authors find consistent evidence of a housework effect on wages. Each additional hour of housework reduces their wages by 0.1-0.4 ...

Article: HOLD THE HOUSEWORK IT'S A DIRTY JOB, AND TO AVOID CHORE ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  November 4, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... two-thirds of all housework today. They used to do nearly 90 percent. So two things are ... most likely doing housework remains a female ... about the waning of housework is that the contested ... homes increased by 39 percent. N

Article: Who Does Housework in Married Couples, and When? Jerry ...
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  September 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Newswire) -- What reduces women's housework burden? A new study shows that on average ... earns. The more she earns, the less housework she does. THE OLD NEWS: For over a ... and women share (or don't share) housework offered a depressing answer to the question ...

Article: Coming clean over housework
The Press;  April 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... things test the modern marriage as much as housework. It wasn't much of an issue for us ... hours to keep the money coming in. The housework just didn't get done. But now we have ... engrained and one of these is the notion that housework is the woman's responsibility. Even ...

Article: Truce declared in war over housework, study finds Men are ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 7, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... darks, the contention about who cleans up. Housework is hell. But a new study of housework over 30 years indicates that the warfare may ... because, well, no one seems to be doing much housework anymore. The reason? We no longer believe ...

Article: Life Course Transitions and Housework: Marriage, ...
Journal of Marriage and Family;  May 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... status on 1,091 men's and women's housework hours using two waves of data from an ... find extraordinary stability in men's housework time across most transitions but considerable ... routine household labor. Key Words: housework/division of labor, life course, marital ...

Article: U.S. Husbands Are Doing More Housework While Wives Are ...
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  March 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... labor market work plus housework - decreased substantially ... market increased by 10 percent for men and 17 percent ... for men increased by 8 percent over that decade. But given the drop in housework time for women, their ... increased by only 2 percent. "These changes are ...