Women’s contribution to household income and the division of housework and childcare: a study on lowincome families in Brazil

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dc.contributor.advisorMadalozzo, Regina Carla
dc.contributor.authorNaufel, Anna Lucia Reale
dc.coverage.cidadeSão Paulopt_BR
dc.coverage.paisBrasilpt_BR
dc.creatorNaufel, Anna Lucia Reale
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-25T22:37:51Z
dc.date.available2022-10-25T22:37:51Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.otherSimilar to what happened in most countries, the increase in educational attainment and changes in the labor market in the 1980s contributed to the rise of the percentage of women in the labor market in Brazil and, consequently, an increase in their relative wages. Still, social norms dictates that women are expected to be responsible for both housework and childcare, while men are supposed to be the economic provider of the family. While previous studies focused their analysis on understanding the impact of women’s financial power on the division of these chores in developed countries, there are few studies of this relation on developing countries. The main objective of this study is to analyze how women’s financial contribution to household income affects the division of housework and childcare in low-income families in Brazil. Through the perspective of exchange-bargaining theory, higher financial power – translated to higher relative income – of a wife leads her to decrease her time spent on housework and childcare. However, social norms can manipulate this result by constraining bargaining power through the influence on behavior that follows the gender roles’ internal and external expectations. The study uses a national micro database, restricted for low-income families. OLS preliminary results show an insignificant relation between women’s relative financial contribution and their time spent in housework and childcare. However, the study finds a negative impact on these chores for men, when women contribute up to 38% of the family income, from which point an increase in her financial power tends to raise the amount of hours men dedicate to unpaid work. A further analysis is done through Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, which shows that gender discrimination accounts for 94% of the total differential of hours of housework and childcare between husbands and wives. As so, these findings evidence that social norms play a significant role in the division of housework and childcare of low-income families in Brazil.pt_BR
dc.description.qualificationlevelGraduaçãopt_BR
dc.format.extent51 p.pt_BR
dc.format.mediumDigitalpt_BR
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.insper.edu.br/handle/11224/4495
dc.language.isoInglêspt_BR
dc.rights.licenseTODOS OS DOCUMENTOS DESTA COLEÇÃO PODEM SER ACESSADOS, MANTENDO-SE OS DIREITOS DOS AUTORES PELA CITAÇÃO DA ORIGEM.pt_BR
dc.subject.keywordsWomenpt_BR
dc.subject.keywordsFinancial Powerpt_BR
dc.subject.keywordsHouseworkpt_BR
dc.subject.keywordsChildcarept_BR
dc.subject.keywordsLow-income Familiespt_BR
dc.titleWomen’s contribution to household income and the division of housework and childcare: a study on lowincome families in Brazilpt_BR
dc.typebachelor thesis
dspace.entity.typePublication
local.subject.cnpqCiências Sociais Aplicadaspt_BR
local.typeTrabalho de Conclusão de Cursopt_BR

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