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Do you ever have fights with your partner about who does more of the housework and whether it鈥檚 fair? Well data might have the answer.

Corinne Low is an associate professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She analyses surveys of how people spend their time, particularly in terms of 鈥渉ome production鈥� - that is things like cooking and cleaning, and 鈥渕arket work鈥�, that is, paid work.

If you鈥檙e the male half of a heterosexual couple, then she鈥檚 got some stats you should hear.

Tim sat down to talk it all over while Corinne was in the UK to promote her new book on the subject - titled Femonomics in the UK, and Having It All in the US.

Presenter: Tim Harford
Series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Sound mix: Giles Aspen
Editor: Richard Vadon