Gender and Time Use in a Global Context : The Economics of Employment and Unpaid Labor

This Edited Volume Uses A Feminist Approach To Explore The Economic Implications Of The Complex Interrelationship Between Gender And Time Use. Household Composition, Sexuality, Migration Patterns, Income Levels, And Race/ethnicity Are All Considered As Important Factors That Interact With Gender And Time Use Patterns. The Book Is Split In Two Sections: The Macroeconomic Portion Explores Cutting Edge Issues Such As Time Poverty And Its Relationship To Income Poverty, And The Macroeconomic Effects Of Recession And Austerity; While The Microeconomic Section Studies Topics Such As Differences By Age, Activity Sequencing, And Subjective Well-being Of Time Spent. The Chapters Also Examine A Range Of Age Groups, From The Labor Of School-age Children To Elderly Caregivers, And Analyze Time Use In Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Finland, India, Korea, South Africa, Tanzania, Turkey, And The United States. Each Chapter Provides A Substantial Introduction To The Academic Literature Of Its Focus And Is Written To Be Revealing To Researchers And Accessible To Students And Policymakers. Pt. I Gender, Time Use, And The Macroeconomy -- Unpaid Work In Macroeconomics: A Stocktaking Exercise / Ipek Ilkkaracan -- Challenge Of Austerity For Gender Equality In Europe: A Consideration Of Eight Countries At The Center Of The Crisis / Jill Rubery -- Women, Recession, And Austerity: A Comment On The Challenge Of Gender Austerity For Equality: A Consideration Of Eight European Countries In The Crisis / Lourdes Beneria -- Paid And Unpaid Work Time By Labor Force Status Of Prime Age Women And Men In Canada: The Great Recession And Gender Inequality In Work Time / Fiona Macphail -- Gender, Socioeconomic Status, Time Use Of Married And Cohabiting Opposite-sex Parents, And The Great Recession In The Usa / Mark Price -- Time And Income Poverty In The City Of Buenos Aires / Ajit Zacharias -- Dual Problem Of Unemployment And Time Poverty In South Africa: Understanding Their Linkages / Maria Sagrario Floro --^ Women And The Urban Economy In India: Insights From The Data On Migration / Smriti Rao -- Pt. Ii Microeconomics Of Gendered Time Use -- The Intersectionality Of Care Work, Labor Market Work, And Housework -- Challenge Of Indirect Care / Julie A. Nelson -- Caregiving By Older Adults In The United States: Gender Differences In Well-being / Charlene M. Kalenkoski -- Division Of Workforce And Domestic Labor Among Same-sex Couples / Esther D. Rothblum -- Double Shift, Double Balance: Housework In The Presence Of Children In The United States / Rebecca M. Centanni -- How Do Caregiving Responsibilities Shape The Time Use Of Women And Men In Rural China? / Rachel Connelly -- Gendered Patterns Of Time Use Over The Life Cycle In Turkey / Emel Memis -- Environmental Chores, Household Time Use, And Gender In Rural Tanzania / Esther W. Dungumaro -- Gender Divisions In The Real Time Of The Elderly In South Africa / Erofili Grapsa --^ Is It Just Too Hard? Gender Time Symmetry In Market And Nonmarket Work And Subjective Time Pressure In Australia, Finland, And Korea / Jiweon Jun. Rachel Connelly, Ebru Kongar, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Feminist Approaches to Time Use....Pages 1-26 Front Matter....Pages 27-27 Unpaid Work in Macroeconomics: A Stocktaking Exercise....Pages 29-50 The Challenge of Austerity for Gender Equality in Europe: A Consideration of Eight Countries at the Center of the Crisis....Pages 51-74 Women, Recession, and Austerity: A Comment on “The Challenge of Gender Austerity for Equality: A Consideration of Eight European Countries in the Crisis”....Pages 75-83 Paid and Unpaid Work Time by Labor Force Status of Prime Age Women and Men in Canada: The Great Recession and Gender Inequality in Work Time....Pages 85-112 Gender, Socioeconomic Status, Time Use of Married and Cohabiting Opposite-Sex Parents, and the Great Recession in the USA....Pages 113-159 Time and Income Poverty in the City of Buenos Aires....Pages 161-192 The Dual Problem of Unemployment and Time Poverty in South Africa: Understanding Their Linkages....Pages 193-230 Women and the Urban Economy in India: Insights from the Data on Migration....Pages 231-257 Front Matter....Pages 259-259 The Challenge of “Indirect Care”....Pages 261-269 Caregiving by Older Adults in the United States: Gender Differences in Well-being....Pages 271-282 Division of Workforce and Domestic Labor Among Same-Sex Couples....Pages 283-303 Double Shift, Double Balance: Housework in the Presence of Children in the United States....Pages 305-331 How Do Caregiving Responsibilities Shape the Time Use of Women and Men in Rural China?....Pages 333-371 Gendered Patterns of Time Use over the Life Cycle in Turkey....Pages 373-406 Environmental Chores, Household Time Use, and Gender in Rural Tanzania....Pages 407-434 Gender Divisions in the Real Time of the Elderly in South Africa....Pages 435-463 Is It Just Too Hard? Gender Time Symmetry in Market and Nonmarket Work and Subjective Time Pressure in Australia, Finland, and Korea....Pages 465-494 Back Matter....Pages 495-505