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Welfare-state regimes and gender division of housework time in three conurbations: New York, Paris, Tokyo
[Régimes de l'État-providence et répartition par sexe du temps de travail ménager dans trois agglomérations: New York, Paris, Tokyo]

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  • Arnaud Dupray

    (CEREQ - Centre d'études et de recherches sur les qualifications - ministère de l'Emploi, cohésion sociale et logement - M.E.N.E.S.R. - Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, LEST - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Anne-Marie Daune-Richard

    (LEST - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Hiroatsu Nohara

    (LEST - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

The aim of the article is to explore the distribution patterns of domestic work in the couples according to spouses' employment situations in three metropolitan areas: New York, Paris and Tokyo. These cities belong to countries with similar level of socio-economic development, while they are located in different institutional contexts and societal structures. Based on the theoretical frameworks of Esping-Andersen and Lewis, and using an international time-use survey conducted in 2007 among middle and upper class couples living in the conurbations of New York, Paris and Tokyo, we can point out significant results at three levels: a less unequal situation in the United States than in other countries with a higher parity of spouses' domestic investments regardless of their professional activity; a greater proximity between Parisian and Tokyo couples in terms of sharing domestic working time while the former are closer to New Yorkers by their characteristics; Finally, it is in the conservative welfare states, such as Japan and France, that both the temporal availability of spouses and the contribution of each to household income weigh the most on the actual distribution of domestic activity.

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  • Arnaud Dupray & Anne-Marie Daune-Richard & Hiroatsu Nohara, 2018. "Welfare-state regimes and gender division of housework time in three conurbations: New York, Paris, Tokyo [Régimes de l'État-providence et répartition par sexe du temps de travail ménager dans troi," Post-Print halshs-02924350, HAL.
  • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-02924350
    DOI: 10.1108/IJSSP-03-2018-0041
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