Identity, household work, and subjective well-being among rural women in Bangladesh
Despite increases in women’s employment, significant gender disparity exists in the time men and women spend on household and care work. Understanding how social expectations govern gender roles and contribute to this disparity is essential for designing policies that effectively promote a more equi...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Seymour, Gregory Floro, Maria S. |
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| description | Despite increases in women’s employment, significant gender disparity exists in the time men and women spend on household and care work. Understanding how social expectations govern gender roles and contribute to this disparity is essential for designing policies that effectively promote a more equitable household division of labor. In this study, we examine how a woman’s identity may affect the trade-offs between the time she spends on household and care work and her well-being, using an analytical framework we develop based on the work of Akerlof and Kranton. Analyzing data from rural Bangladesh, we find that longer hours spent on household work are associated with lower levels of subjective well-being among women who disagree with patriarchal notions of gender roles, while the opposite is true for women who agree with patriarchal notions of gender roles. Importantly, this pattern holds only when a woman strongly identifies with patriarchal or egalitarian notions of gender role. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1477762025-11-06T07:26:09Z Identity, household work, and subjective well-being among rural women in Bangladesh Seymour, Gregory Floro, Maria S. time study gender households wellbeing time use patterns gender analysis women Despite increases in women’s employment, significant gender disparity exists in the time men and women spend on household and care work. Understanding how social expectations govern gender roles and contribute to this disparity is essential for designing policies that effectively promote a more equitable household division of labor. In this study, we examine how a woman’s identity may affect the trade-offs between the time she spends on household and care work and her well-being, using an analytical framework we develop based on the work of Akerlof and Kranton. Analyzing data from rural Bangladesh, we find that longer hours spent on household work are associated with lower levels of subjective well-being among women who disagree with patriarchal notions of gender roles, while the opposite is true for women who agree with patriarchal notions of gender roles. Importantly, this pattern holds only when a woman strongly identifies with patriarchal or egalitarian notions of gender role. 2016-12-09 2024-06-21T09:23:18Z 2024-06-21T09:23:18Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147776 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149529 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147590 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Seymour, Gregory; and Floro, Maria S. 2016. Identity, household work, and subjective well-being among rural women in Bangladesh. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1580. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147776 |
| spellingShingle | time study gender households wellbeing time use patterns gender analysis women Seymour, Gregory Floro, Maria S. Identity, household work, and subjective well-being among rural women in Bangladesh |
| title | Identity, household work, and subjective well-being among rural women in Bangladesh |
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| title_fullStr | Identity, household work, and subjective well-being among rural women in Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identity, household work, and subjective well-being among rural women in Bangladesh |
| title_short | Identity, household work, and subjective well-being among rural women in Bangladesh |
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| topic | time study gender households wellbeing time use patterns gender analysis women |
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