Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/170986 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11002
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Cross-country differences of market hours in 17 OECD countries are mainly due to the hours of women, especially low-skilled women. This paper develops a model to account for the gender-skill differences in market hours across countries. The model explains a substantial fraction of the differences in hours by taxes, which reduce market hours in favor of leisure and home production, and by subsidized care, which frees (mostly) women from home care in favor of their market hours. Low-skilled women are more responsive to policy because of their low market returns and their comparative advantage in home activities.
Subjects: 
cross-country differences in market hours
home production
subsidies on family care
JEL: 
E24
E62
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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