A Comparative Analysis of European Time Transfers between Generations and Genders

• Main Authors: Zagheni, Emilio (Author), Zannella, Marina (Author), Movsesyan, Gabriel (Author), Wagner, Brittney (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Population.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Sociology.; Demography.; Families.; Families > Social aspects.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Social Sciences.; Family.; Gender Studies.; Population Economics.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.

This comparative study of European time transfers reveals the full extent of transfers in the form of unpaid work and highlights the existence of important gender differences in household time production. A large quantity of goods and services are produced by household members for their own consumpt...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: The European Socio-Demographic and Institutional Context
• Chapter 2: Time is Economically Valuable: Production, Consumption and Transfers of Time by Age and Sex
• Chapter 3: Heterogeneity in Unpaid Household Production over the Life Course
• Conclusion.