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 3 Fixed-Effects wage regressions for West and East Germany by marital status and gender (GSOEP 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
	Single		Married		Single		Married
	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
Housework (hrs per week)	0.0002	0.0002	0.0007	0.0002	−0.0015	−0.0004	−0.0012	−0.0003
Housework (hrs per week)	(0.0007)	(0.0005)	(0.0004)	(0.0002)	(0.0012)	(0.0010)	(0.0005)	(0.0004)
Housework × part time	0.0007	−0.0045	−0.0006	0.0002	−0.0003	−0.0064	0.0020	0.0076
Housework × part time	(0.0016)	(0.0039)	(0.0005)	(0.0019)	(0.0037)	(0.0062)	(0.0009)	(0.0031)
Part time	−0.1011	−0.0196	0.0001	−0.1007	−0.0132	0.0465	−0.0536	−0.2436
Part time	(0.0344)	(0.0682)	(0.0176)	(0.0401)	(0.0828)	(0.1130)	(0.0267)	(0.0808)
Employment status partner			0.0015	−0.0069			−0.0067	−0.0021
Employment status partner			(0.0088)	(0.0067)			(0.0085)	(0.0090)
Number of children	0.0232	0.0103	0.0004	0.0178	0.0473	−0.0125	0.0237	0.0147
Number of children	(0.0214)	(0.0256)	(0.0076)	(0.0037)	(0.0285)	(0.0474)	(0.0093)	(0.0072)
Years of education	0.0552	0.0631	0.0402	0.0353	0.0959	0.0993	0.0354	0.0437
Years of education	(0.0244)	(0.0207)	(0.0116)	(0.0107)	(0.0308)	(0.0413)	(0.0317)	(0.0209)
Experience	0.0475	0.0500	0.0455	0.0584	0.0538	0.0603	0.0797	0.0802
Experience	(0.0171)	(0.0203)	(0.0097)	(0.0100)	(0.0267)	(0.0227)	(0.0141)	(0.0155)
Experience²	−0.0006	−0.0006	−0.0005	−0.0005	−0.0007	−0.0004	−0.0006	−0.0003
Experience²	(0.0001)	(0.0001)	(0.0001)	(0.0000)	(0.0002)	(0.0002)	(0.0001)	(0.0001)
Tenure	0.0092	0.0038	0.0034	0.0011	0.0064	0.0131	0.0035	0.0060
Tenure	(0.0043)	(0.0042)	(0.0026)	(0.0014)	(0.0074)	(0.0055)	(0.0026)	(0.0023)
Tenure²	−0.0001	0.0000	0.0000	0.0001	0.0003	−0.0004	−0.0001	−0.0001
Tenure²	(0.0001)	(0.0001)	(0.0001)	(0.0000)	(0.0002)	(0.0002)	(0.0001)	(0.0001)
Flexible working time	−0.0749	−0.0178	−0.0227	−0.0427	0.0818	0.0146	−0.0759	−0.0103
Flexible working time	(0.0359)	(0.0264)	(0.0163)	(0.0110)	(0.0592)	(0.0533)	(0.0325)	(0.0184)
Temporary contract	0.0197	0.0054	0.0173	0.0055	−0.0025	0.0101	0.0150	0.0150
Temporary contract	(0.0162)	(0.0158)	(0.0092)	(0.0078)	(0.0343)	(0.0309)	(0.0172)	(0.0137)
Observations	4,762	5,254	14,298	21,064	1,461	1,782	6,206	6,569
Individuals	1,479	1,603	3,499	4,527	473	545	1,358	1,459
R ² (within)	0.1292	0.0920	0.0363	0.0742	0.1796	0.1003	0.0611	0.0789

Notes: The data set used is the GSOEP, waves 2000–2009. The dependent variable is the log gross hourly wage. Standard errors clustered at the individual level are given in parentheses. Further controls included are sets of dummy variables for establishment size, states of residence, years, one-digit industry, and one-digit occupation

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