The effect of housework on wages in Germany: no impact at all

Hirsch, Boris; Konietzko, Thorsten

doi:10.1007/s12651-012-0119-5

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 2 Wages and hours spent on housework activities per week (working days) in West and East Germany by marital status, working hours, and gender (GTUS sample)

From: The effect of housework on wages in Germany: no impact at allDer Einfluss von Hausarbeit auf die Löhne in Deutschland

	West Germany								East Germany
	Singles				Married				Singles				Married
	Women		Men		Women		Men		Women		Men		Women		Men
	Mean	Std. dev.	Mean	Std. dev.	Mean	Std. dev.	Mean	Std. dev.	Mean	Std. dev.	Mean	Std. dev.	Mean	Std. dev.	Mean	Std. dev.
All workers
Log net hourly wage	2.06	0.47	2.19	0.40	2.14	0.47	2.49	0.34	1.83	0.58	1.94	0.29	1.98	0.53	2.11	0.57
Housework	12.93	8.96	8.05	6.67	19.39	11.49	12.38	10.47	12.37	8.11	10.85	7.16	17.89	10.25	12.52	9.24
Cooking	2.05	2.11	1.13	1.62	4.07	3.36	1.29	1.75	2.37	2.64	1.49	1.60	4.14	3.59	1.33	1.76
Cleaning	2.33	2.74	0.95	1.84	3.26	3.46	1.40	2.49	2.00	2.08	1.34	1.58	2.57	2.74	1.39	2.23
Laundry	0.92	1.75	0.30	0.85	1.85	2.60	0.16	0.61	0.83	1.32	0.42	1.03	1.71	2.02	0.06	0.31
Garden	0.87	1.90	0.41	1.63	1.12	2.31	1.36	3.10	1.12	2.47	1.34	2.77	1.00	2.11	1.91	3.23
Repairs	0.38	1.34	0.41	1.90	0.28	2.02	1.42	4.23	0.12	0.54	0.40	1.53	0.27	1.14	1.44	3.36
Shopping	2.90	3.15	1.82	3.03	3.17	3.29	2.09	4.75	2.85	2.90	2.41	2.99	3.28	2.96	2.13	4.03
Organisation	0.26	0.71	0.33	1.00	0.50	1.68	0.43	1.48	0.50	0.98	0.54	1.05	0.33	0.84	0.27	0.86
Childcare	0.43	1.88	0.09	0.70	1.78	4.01	1.37	2.79	0.44	1.51	0.02	0.17	1.51	3.18	1.05	2.76
Care and support for persons in need of care	0.02	0.24	0.03	0.31	0.09	0.73	0.02	0.24	0.00	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.16	1.20	0.09	0.69
Observations	354		215		732		989		92		52		215		227
Full-time workers
Log net hourly wage	2.04	0.48	2.19	0.40	2.17	0.48	2.49	0.34	1.92	0.34	1.94	0.29	2.02	0.58	2.11	0.57
Housework	11.85	8.10	7.97	6.62	15.08	10.30	12.35	10.46	12.10	8.18	10.93	7.16	16.90	10.38	12.45	9.15
Cooking	1.83	1.90	1.14	1.63	3.20	3.11	1.29	1.75	2.34	2.55	1.50	1.60	3.84	3.28	1.32	1.75
Cleaning	2.18	2.66	0.93	1.83	2.42	3.17	1.39	2.48	1.95	2.09	1.36	1.58	2.34	2.66	1.39	2.23
Laundry	0.81	1.53	0.30	0.85	1.34	2.06	0.16	0.60	0.82	1.32	0.42	1.04	1.71	2.02	0.06	0.31
Garden	0.79	1.87	0.41	1.63	0.86	1.68	1.37	3.11	1.09	2.48	1.36	2.78	0.89	2.07	1.90	3.23
Repairs	0.34	1.26	0.38	1.79	0.31	2.35	1.42	4.23	0.13	0.55	0.41	1.53	0.16	0.59	1.40	3.29
Shopping	2.86	3.18	1.79	2.99	2.96	3.34	2.09	4.76	2.80	2.93	2.43	3.00	3.24	3.09	2.13	4.04
Organisation	0.23	0.66	0.34	1.01	0.40	1.30	0.43	1.48	0.51	1.01	0.55	1.06	0.30	0.83	0.27	0.87
Childcare	0.21	1.00	0.09	0.71	0.84	3.51	1.36	2.77	0.45	1.54	0.02	0.17	1.44	3.13	1.04	2.73
Care and support for persons in need of care	0.03	0.25	0.03	0.31	0.09	0.79	0.02	0.24	0.00	0.05	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.48	0.09	0.69
Observations	224		201		229		956		82		51		145		222
Part-time workers
Log net hourly wage	2.19	0.35	2.16	0.35	2.09	0.45	2.40	0.37	1.30	1.18			1.90	0.43	1.90	0.31
Housework	21.61	10.67	12.99	7.99	25.64	10.20	16.22	11.73	16.26	6.12			22.23	8.48	22.18	17.39
Cooking	3.83	2.78	0.81	1.04	5.34	3.32	1.97	2.00	2.73	3.80			5.46	4.51	2.52	1.94
Cleaning	3.57	3.03	1.71	2.36	4.48	3.52	2.37	3.02	2.78	1.79			3.55	2.87	1.62	1.91
Laundry	1.81	2.86	0.37	0.62	2.59	3.07	0.43	1.26	0.90	1.43			1.72	2.02	0.00	0.00
Garden	1.49	2.10	0.40	1.31	1.51	2.95	0.60	1.72	1.55	2.43			1.47	2.21	3.10	3.60
Repairs	0.72	1.81	1.89	4.97	0.24	1.44	1.33	4.16	0.05	0.29			0.73	2.28	6.73	8.18
Shopping	3.25	2.89	3.59	4.27	3.47	3.20	2.20	2.62	3.61	2.44			3.46	2.32	2.68	3.14
Organisation	0.56	0.97	0.11	0.37	0.65	2.10	0.68	1.94	0.33	0.40			0.46	0.89	0.34	0.38
Childcare	2.19	4.52	0.02	0.23	3.14	4.31	2.26	3.98	0.23	0.98			1.83	3.38	1.91	6.26
Care and support for persons in need of care	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.63	0.08	0.39	0.00	0.00			0.54	2.56	0.00	0.00
Observations	110		14		503		33		10				70		5

Notes: The data set used is the GTUS 2001/2002

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