Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/192589 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers No. 607
Publisher: 
Statistics Norway, Research Department, Oslo
Abstract: 
An equal division of paid and unpaid work is a central political ambition in Norway. Yet, couples' division of paid work has been less studied than their division of unpaid work. This paper shows that women seldom work more than their partner, but equal sharing is now increasing. Still, about half of all women spend less time than their partner on paid labour. When the woman works most, the partner often has health problems, is unemployed or retired. Women with an untraditional arrangement are often well-educated, have no young children, are self-employed, leaders, or have a partner in the public sector. Nurses often work less than their partners, as do women who have young children, health restrictions or a partner who works in the private sector, is self-employed or a leader.
Subjects: 
Dual-earner couples
female labour supply
gender equality.
JEL: 
J22
J24
J45
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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