Hours of Work and Gender Identity: Does Part-Time Work Make the Family Happier?
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Hours of Work and Gender Identity: Does Part-Time Work Make the Family Happier?
Date Written: December 2005
Abstract
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).
Keywords: Part-time work, happiness, gender identity
JEL Classification: I31, J16, J22
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