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

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 7 Descriptive statistics for West Germany and East Germany by marital status and gender (GSOEP sample)

	Singles				Married
	Women		Men		Women		Men
	Mean	Std.dev.	Mean	Std.dev.	Mean	Std.dev.	Mean	Std.dev.
West Germany
Log gross hourly wages	2.45	0.40	2.55	0.41	2.49	0.43	2.77	0.37
Housework (hrs per week)	14.50	9.45	11.19	7.31	22.01	12.01	13.77	9.64
Routine housework activities	13.16	8.64	8.76	6.07	19.44	10.98	9.77	8.30
Part time (dummy)	0.23	0.42	0.08	0.27	0.51	0.50	0.03	0.16
Years of schooling	12.60	2.59	12.28	2.57	12.33	2.71	12.43	2.77
Experience	14.18	10.78	12.89	10.28	18.63	9.69	20.74	9.67
Tenure	8.13	8.46	8.57	8.84	11.19	9.62	13.37	10.45
Number of children	0.18	0.48	0.07	0.33	0.41	0.75	0.91	1.03
Flexible working time (dummy)	0.08	0.27	0.08	0.28	0.07	0.26	0.07	0.26
Temporary contract (dummy)	0.56	0.50	0.57	0.49	0.57	0.50	0.60	0.49
Observations	4,762		5,254		14,298		21,064
East Germany
Log gross hourly wages	2.24	0.43	2.27	0.41	2.35	0.44	2.43	0.43
Housework (hrs per week)	16.46	9.53	13.41	8.10	21.20	10.50	15.35	9.63
Routine housework activities	14.24	8.17	9.86	6.44	18.24	9.42	10.26	7.98
Part time (dummy)	0.27	0.44	0.09	0.29	0.31	0.46	0.03	0.17
Years of schooling	13.14	2.31	12.66	2.40	13.18	2.40	12.99	2.58
Experience	16.05	11.75	12.91	10.18	20.85	9.66	21.72	9.59
Tenure	9.37	9.93	7.07	7.48	11.28	9.16	10.50	9.17
Number of children	0.19	0.48	0.07	0.32	0.40	0.68	0.61	0.86
Flexible working time (dummy)	0.07	0.25	0.08	0.28	0.03	0.17	0.07	0.26
Temporary contract (dummy)	0.55	0.50	0.57	0.50	0.61	0.49	0.60	0.49
Observations	1,461		1,782		6,206		6,569