Title | The intra-household allocation of time and tasks : what have we learnt from the empirical literature? |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 2000 |
Authors | Ilahi, N |
Secondary Title | Policy research report on gender and development working paper series |
Volume | no. 13 |
Pagination | 46 p. |
Date Published | 2000-06-01 |
Publisher | World Bank |
Place Published | Washington, DC, USA |
Keywords | access to water, agriculture, children, division of labour, economic aspects, gender, literature reviews, sdigen, water collection time |
Abstract |
This paper presents a synthesis of the empirical literature on intra household time use in developing countries. It discusses the importance of studying time allocated to various activities - market work for wages, work on the family enterprise and different kinds of housework - from a policy standpoint. It then reviews the empirical literature on five main areas: a) how economic incentives affect intra-household time-use; b) whether access to basic services (water, energy etc.) have gender differentiated impacts on time-use; c) if idiosyncratic shocks such as changes in employment and health affect time use by gender; d) how agricultural commercialization alters the allocation of time and tasks by gender and e) whether child care is an area that needs policy attention. Last, the paper also reviews the empirical literature on the determinants of child time allocation. |
Notes | 46 ref. |
Custom 1 | 202.1 |