Wages, Housework and Attitudes in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Bayudan-Dacuycuy, Connie, Dacuycuy, Lawrence B
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2016
• Subjects: Housework; wage; specialization; instrumental variable technique; Philippines; Economics; Family, Life Course, and Society; Gender and Sexuality
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/173; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0021909616684861?journalCode=jasa
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper is one of the few studies that systematically analyzes housework in the Philippines. It seeks to understand how wages and attitudes to work and family life affect the time devoted to housework. Based on different specifications and estimators, our findings indicate that respondents’ own w...