Is your housework split sexist?
Femonomics author Corinne Low explains the economics of women, men and housework.
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. She has written two books on the subject - Femonomics in the UK, and Having It All in the US.
If you are the male half of a heterosexual couple, then she has got some stats you should hear.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Series producer: Tom Colls
Sound engineer: Giles Aspen
Production co-ordinator: Janet Staples
Editor: Richard Vadon
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