Is your housework split sexist?
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Do you ever have fights with your partner about who does more of the housework and whether it’s fair? Well data might have the answer.
Corinne Low is an associate professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She analyses surveys of how people spend their time, particularly in terms of “home production” - that is things like cooking and cleaning, and “market work”, that is, paid work.
If you’re the male half of a heterosexual couple, then she’s got some stats you should hear.
Tim sat down to talk it all over while Corinne was in the UK to promote her new book on the subject - titled Femonomics in the UK, and Having It All in the US.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Sound mix: Giles Aspen
Editor: Richard Vadon
United States
