But can she cook? Women’s education and housework productivity |
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Authors: | David C Sharp Julia A Heath William T Smith David S Knowlton |
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Institution: | a Department of Economics, Finance and International Business, College of Business and Economic Development, University of Southern Mississippi, 730 East Beach Boulevard, Long Beach, MS 39560, USA;b Department of Economics, Fogelman College of Business and Economics, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA;c Department of Educational Leadership, School of Education, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 62026-1125, USA |
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Abstract: | Previous inquiries into the relationship between education and housework productivity reveal that expectations differ along disciplinary (i.e., economics vs. non-economics) lines and empirical results from the economics literature are mixed. Expectations of a positive sign between education and housework productivity in the economics literature may be a function of misinterpretations of J. Polit. Economy 81 (1973) 306] original theory pertaining to all non-market production, which is far more general than just housework. Mixed empirical results may be a function of incomplete or overly assumption-reliant econometric models derived previously. We streamline the procedures for estimating the parameters of a one-person, one-period housework production function such that the system of equations may be specified with a single, literature-based assumption. Our estimation of the production function parameter that measures the effect of education on housework productivity suggests that authors in the non-economics literature may have a point; the relationship between education and housework productivity may be negative due to “morale” effects. |
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Keywords: | Efficiency Human capital Productivity Rate of return |
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