Commuting to work and gender norms by sexual orientation
dc.contributor.author | Oreffice, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Sansone, D | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-27T10:09:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-09-26 | |
dc.date.updated | 2023-09-27T09:44:09Z | |
dc.description.abstract | We assess the role of gender-conforming social norms in household decision-making and gender inequalities in the labor market with a parsimonious household model that endogenizes commuting time. Using the American Community Survey 2008–2019, we test the model predictions and find that women in same-sex couples have a longer commute to work than working women in different-sex couples, whereas the commute to work of men in same-sex couples is shorter than the one of working men in different-sex couples, even after controlling for demographic characteristics, partner's characteristics, location and urbanicity, fertility, marital status, industry and occupation. These differences among men and women amount to a sizable portion of the gender commuting gap estimated in the literature, and are particularly stark among married couples with children. Within-couple gaps in commuting time are also significantly smaller in same-sex couples, and labor supply disparities mimic the commuting ones. According to our model, these differences are interpreted as gender-conforming social norms leading women in different-sex couples into jobs with a shorter commute and fewer hours worked while their male partners or spouses hold jobs with a longer commute and more hours worked, thus reinforcing gender inequalities. | en_GB |
dc.format.extent | 102451- | |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 85, article 102451 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2023.102451 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/134096 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0003-0707-7767 (Oreffice, Sonia) | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0002-5469-6715 (Sansone, Dario) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_GB |
dc.relation.source | Data availability: Data are publicly available. Our Stata do file will be made available upon publication. | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | en_GB |
dc.subject | Commute | en_GB |
dc.subject | Household decisions | en_GB |
dc.subject | Labor supply | en_GB |
dc.subject | LGBTQ+ | en_GB |
dc.subject | Specialization | en_GB |
dc.subject | Travel time | en_GB |
dc.title | Commuting to work and gender norms by sexual orientation | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-27T10:09:15Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0927-5371 | |
exeter.article-number | 102451 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available from Elsevier via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Labour Economics | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartof | Labour Economics, 85 | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2023-09-12 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2023-09-26 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2023-09-27T10:06:43Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2023-09-27T10:09:16Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2023-09-26 |
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