Title: What Will You Do When Your Spouse Works More?

Speaker: Associate Professor Xinzheng Shi, Tsinghua University

Time: September 22nd, 2016 13:30–15:00 

Venue: Conference Room 106B, Zhonghui Building (College of Economics, JNU)

Abstract:

We estimate the effects of spousal labor supply on individual labor supply and time spent on housework by exploiting the workweek reduction policy implemented in 1995 in China. We find that the increase in the spousal labor supply reduces men’s labor supply but does not have significant effects on women. However, both men and women’s time spent on housework increases. We also find that the reduction in the labor supply is mainly due to the reduced possibility of having a second job, and that men use the increased time to do more cooking and taking care of children but women tend to do more laundry.