The allocation and value of time assigned to housework and child-care: An analysis for Switzerland
Series
Population Economics
ISBN
978-3-642-62439-1
Type
book section
Date Issued
2003
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Zimmermann, Klaus F.
Vogler, Michael
Abstract
In this paper, data from the 1997 Swiss Labour Force Survey are used to analyse the allocation and value of time assigned to housework and child-care. It is shown that men’s allocation of time to housework and childcare is largely invariant to changes in socio-economic factors. Women’s allocation of time to housework and child-care, on the other hand, is shown to depend on several social, economic, and demographic factors. The value of time assigned to housework and child-care is calculated with two market replacement cost methods and three opportunity cost methods. The results show that the value of time assigned to housework and child-care ranges from 27% to 39% and from 5% to 8% ofGDP(in 1997), respectively. The value of time assigned to housework and child-care is also calculated for different household structures.
Language
English
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
No
Book title
Family, Household and Work
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Publisher place
Berlin
Start page
67
End page
86
Pages
20
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
38923