Hours of work and gender identity
Subtitle: does part-time work make the family happier?
By: by Alison L. Booth, Jan C. van Ours.
Contributors: van Ours, Jan C.
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1884; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1884
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Part-time employment -- Australia; Women employees -- Australia; Job satisfaction -- Australia
Description: "Taking into account inter-dependence within the family, we investigate the relationship between part-time work and happiness. We use panel data from the new Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia Survey. Our analysis indicates that part-time women are more satisfied with working hours than full-time women. Partnered women's life satisfaction is increased if their partners work full-time. Male partners' life satisfaction is unaffected by their partners' market hours but is increased if they themselves are working full-time. This finding is consistent with the gender identity hypothesis of Akerlof and Kranton (2000)"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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