APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Salary and Gender Diversity at Work Predict Household Labor Division in Heterosexual Dyads

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Industrial/Organizational

  • Linnea Ng
    Rice University
  • Shannon Cheng
    Rice University
  • Abigail Corrington
    Rice University
  • Meghan Davenport
    Rice University
  • Jensine Paoletti
    Rice University
  • Allison Traylor
    Rice University
  • Eden King
    Rice University

Abstract

We assessed gender role spillover between the workplace and the home. We analyzed dyadic data of heterosexual couples from the 500 Families Study and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. We found an interaction effect such that that men who earn more and work with more women do less housework.

Gender Issues/Sex Roles

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