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

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 8 Descriptive statistics for West Germany and East Germany by marital status and gender (GTUS sample)

	Singles				Married
	Women		Men		Women		Men
	Mean	Std.dev.	Mean	Std.dev.	Mean	Std.dev.	Mean	Std.dev.
West Germany
Log net hourly wage	2.06	0.47	2.19	0.40	2.14	0.47	2.49	0.34
Housework (hrs per week)	12.93	8.96	8.05	6.67	19.39	11.49	12.38	10.47
Routine housework activities	11.13	7.70	6.09	5.72	15.82	9.40	8.01	8.20
Part time (dummy)	0.11	0.32	0.02	0.13	0.42	0.49	0.01	0.09
Years of schooling	11.72	2.62	11.68	2.91	11.53	2.80	11.74	3.13
Experience	19.08	12.09	15.82	10.71	24.26	10.14	25.59	9.73
Number of children	0.66	0.85	0.68	0.93	0.82	0.94	1.14	1.03
Flexible working time (dummy)	0.55	0.50	0.62	0.49	0.55	0.50	0.61	0.49
Observations	354		215		732		989
East Germany
Log net hourly wage	1.83	0.58	1.94	0.29	1.98	0.53	2.11	0.57
Housework (hrs per week)	12.37	8.11	10.85	7.16	17.89	10.25	12.52	9.24
Routine housework activities	11.22	7.72	9.27	6.72	15.00	8.43	8.52	7.57
Part time (dummy)	0.15	0.36	0.01	0.10	0.32	0.47	0.01	0.08
Years of schooling	12.17	3.24	11.50	2.56	12.22	2.92	12.39	3.27
Experience	18.32	12.18	17.01	10.70	23.35	8.72	24.32	8.06
Number of children	0.80	0.73	0.57	0.81	1.08	0.92	1.23	0.89
Flexible working time (dummy)	0.54	0.50	0.42	0.50	0.48	0.50	0.49	0.50
Observations	92		52		215		227