Three essays in feminist economics: empirical & historical applications
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Abstract
This dissertation includes three essays in feminist economics. The first two are quantitative empirical studies, which study the interactions between paid work, allocations of housework, and intrahousehold power dynamics. Chapter 1 examines the extent to which men extract unpaid household labor from women to support entrepreneurial ventures. Models using Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) data from 1985 to 2019 illustrate that, in married White couples, women's disproportionate share of housework increases when their husbands take on business ownership. However, there is no evidence that White ...
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