Gender and the Allocation of Adult Time : Evidence from the Peru LSMS Panel Data

Ilahi, Nadeem

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: TIME USE STATISTICS;    WOMEN WORKERS;    TIME BUDGET;    ILLNESS;    UNEMPLOYMENT;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-2744
RP-ID  :  WPS2744

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Ilahi analyzes the determinants ofintra-household time use in Peru in 1994 and 1997. She testswhether sickness, unemployment, the provision of water andenergy services, and other factors affect the time use ofmen and women differently. The results show that women workup to a fifth more than men do and that women in poorhouseholds work more than those in rich ones, while there isno difference for men. Women's work is concentrated inhousework and men's in income-generating activities.Sickness does not affect the work burdens of men or women,but it alters the composition: men work more inincome-generating activities, and women tend the sick. Menbear a greater burden from female unemployment than do womenfrom male unemployment. Improvements in the provision ofwater and energy services affect the time use of both menand women. And finally, demographic and life-cycle variablesare as important as gender in explaining differences in time use.