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The Employment of Domestic Help and Women’s Labor Force Participation in Western Germany

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Hank, K. The Employment of Domestic Help and Women’s Labor Force Participation in Western Germany. Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, 121(1), 105-121. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.121.1.105
Hank, Karsten "The Employment of Domestic Help and Women’s Labor Force Participation in Western Germany" Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch 121.1, 2001, 105-121. https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.121.1.105
Hank, Karsten (2001): The Employment of Domestic Help and Women’s Labor Force Participation in Western Germany, in: Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, vol. 121, iss. 1, 105-121, [online] https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.121.1.105

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The Employment of Domestic Help and Women’s Labor Force Participation in Western Germany

Hank, Karsten

Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 121 (2001), Iss. 1 : pp. 105–121

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Hank, Karsten

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Abstract

In contrast to the large body of empirical literature on childcare and women's employment decisions, there is an almost total lack of empirical research on the demand for domestic help. This paper particularly investigates the relationship between the employment of domestic help and the labor force participation of married or cohabiting women in western Germany. The results of a bivariate probit regression indicate that the two decisions are jointly made. Both are found to depend on the minimum amount of housework that is required to maintain the private home, woman's market wage opportunities, and her non-wage income.