Working from home leads to more family-oriented men

IF 4.1 3区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Review of Economics of the Household Pub Date : 2023-09-23 DOI:10.1007/s11150-023-09682-6

Chihiro Inoue, Yusuke Ishihata, Shintaro Yamaguchi

引用次数: 2

Abstract

Abstract We examine how working from home (WFH) affects men’s participation in childcare and housework and their attitudes toward family. Because WFH is an endogenous decision, we apply a first-difference instrumental variable estimator, taking the degree to which one can work from home, measured at the individual level, as the instrument. We find that WFH increases the time that men spend on household chores and with family, and the fraction of men who consider life more important than work. Although WFH decreases their commuting time, we find no evidence that it reduces working hours or self-perceived productivity.

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在家工作导致更多的男性以家庭为中心

摘要:我们研究了在家工作(WFH)如何影响男性对儿童保育和家务的参与以及他们对家庭的态度。因为WFH是一个内生的决策，我们应用了一个第一差分工具变量估计器，把一个人可以在家工作的程度，在个人水平上测量，作为工具。我们发现，WFH增加了男性花在家务和家庭上的时间，以及认为生活比工作更重要的男性比例。虽然上班时间减少了他们的通勤时间，但我们没有发现证据表明它会减少工作时间或自我感知的生产力。

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Review of Economics of the Household ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

9.30

自引率

3.90%

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期刊介绍： The Review of Economics of the Household publishes high-quality empirical and theoretical research on the economic behavior and decision-making processes of single and multi-person households. The Review is not wedded to any particular models or methods. It welcomes both macro-economic and micro-level applications. Household decisions analyzed in this journal include · household production of human capital, health, nutrition/food, childcare, and eldercare, · well-being of persons living in households, issues of gender and power, · fertility and risky behaviors, · consumption, savings and wealth accumulation, · labor force participation and time use,· household formation (including marriage, cohabitation and fertility) and dissolution,· migration, intergenerational transfers,· experiments involving households,· religiosity and civility.The journal is particularly interested in policy-relevant economic analyses and equally interested in applications to countries at various levels of economic development. The Perspectives section covers articles on the history of economic thought and review articles. Officially cited as: Rev Econ Household