abstract: 'One of the most pressing issues contributing to the persistence of

  gender inequality is the gendered division of domestic labour. Despite

  their entry into paid employment, women still carry out more domestic

  work than men, limiting their ability to act on an equal footing within

  the workplace. This qualitative research adds to the ongoing debate

  concerning the reasons for the persistence of the gendered nature of

  domestic work, by comparing working women who earn more, those who earn

  around the same and those who earn less than their male partners, as

  well as examining women''s absolute incomes. On average, men whose

  partners earn more than they do carry out more housework than other men,

  although women in these partnerships still do more. However, these women

  actively contest their male partner''s lack of input, simultaneously

  doing'' and undoing'' gender. The article also identifies class

  differences in the sharing'' of domestic work.'
affiliation: 'Lyonette, C (Corresponding Author), Univ Warwick, Inst Employment Res,
  Gibbet Hill Rd, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England.

  Lyonette, Clare, Univ Warwick, Inst Employment Res, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands,
  England.'
author: Lyonette, Clare and Crompton, Rosemary
author-email: C.Lyonette@warwick.ac.uk
author_list:
- family: Lyonette
  given: Clare
- family: Crompton
  given: Rosemary
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/0950017014523661
eissn: 1469-8722
files: []
issn: 0950-0170
journal: WORK EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY
keywords: 'domestic labour; economistic explanations; gender; housework;

  inequality; normative; relative earnings'
keywords-plus: 'GENDER TRUMP MONEY; OF-LABOR; HOUSEHOLD; DEPENDENCE; HOUSEWORK; FAMILY;

  TIME; MOTHERS; POLICY; WIVES'
language: English
month: FEB
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '44'
pages: 23-40
papis_id: 97503988cd6f9fa867678836c6ef2b00
ref: Lyonette2015sharingload
times-cited: '111'
title: Sharing the load? Partners' relative earnings and the division of domestic
  labour
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000349454000002
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '54'
volume: '29'
web-of-science-categories: Economics; Industrial Relations \& Labor; Sociology
year: '2015'