Dayang Haszelinna, Abang Ali and Rosita, Hamdan and Audrey, Liwan and Yau, Josephine Tan Hwang (2020) Gender Differences in Children’s Non-Leisure Activities: A Decomposition Analysis. Economics and Finance in Indonesia, 66 (1). pp. 64-76. ISSN 2442-9260
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Abstract
The prevalence of son preference indicates that girls will have less leisure time compared to boys. This study aims to examine gender differences in weekly hours in schooling, housework, and working among children in Indonesia using Tobit Model and decomposition model of Bauer & Sinning (2005), to test whether son preference explains the differences. The dataset was drawn from the fourth wave of Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) in 2007. The results show significant gender differences in housework and working for children aged 5–14 years and insignificant gender gap in schooling for both age groups. These results confirm the existence of gender differences among younger children compared to older children in their time allocation.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | decomposition; economically active children; gender differences; Tobit model; work hours, unimas, university, universiti, Borneo, Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching, Samarahan, ipta, education, research, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
Divisions: | Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Economics and Business Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Economics and Business |
Depositing User: | Dr Yau Josephine Tan Hwang |
Date Deposited: | 08 Dec 2020 07:40 |
Last Modified: | 08 Dec 2020 07:40 |
URI: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33250 |
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