abstract: 'Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the patterns and

  determinants of the division of household tasks within couples in

  countries under different welfare-state regimes.

  Design/methodology/approach The paper investigates data on urban middle-

  and upper-class couples living in New York, Paris or Tokyo area, from a

  2007 international comparative time-budget survey carried out at the

  initiative of the Rengo-Soken Research Institute. Each partner was

  interviewed separately, offering a unique statistical source for

  analysing the organisation of domestic time.

  Findings The results shed light on the degree of proximity among the

  three populations in their housework-sharing arrangements. Greater

  parity in partners'' housework time is found for the New York couples,

  regardless of their occupational activity. In Paris and especially in

  Tokyo, other demands on the partners'' time and the contribution each

  makes to the household income both impact the actual division of

  household labour.

  Research limitations/implications The partners'' gender ideology was not

  elicited, and inclusion of lower-class couples could change certain

  results. However, the findings attest to the strong role that

  welfare-state regime plays in shaping housework time allocation.

  Originality/value Unlike other international comparisons, the survey

  used enables us to ensure strong comparability of measures. The

  welfare-state regime and family model frameworks clearly highlight the

  interplay between individual determinants and the institutional context.'
affiliation: 'Dupray, A (Corresponding Author), Ctr Res Educ Training \& Employment,
  Dept Entries \& Changes Act Life, Marseille, France.

  Dupray, A (Corresponding Author), Aix Marseille Univ, Lab Labour Econ \& Ind Sociol,
  Aix En Provence, France.

  Dupray, Arnaud, Ctr Res Educ Training \& Employment, Dept Entries \& Changes Act
  Life, Marseille, France.

  Dupray, Arnaud; Daune-Richard, Anne-Marie; Nohara, Hiroatsu, Aix Marseille Univ,
  Lab Labour Econ \& Ind Sociol, Aix En Provence, France.

  Nohara, Hiroatsu, Yamanashigakuin Univ, Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan.'
author: Dupray, Arnaud and Daune-Richard, Anne-Marie and Nohara, Hiroatsu
author-email: dupray@cereq.fr
author_list:
- family: Dupray
  given: Arnaud
- family: Daune-Richard
  given: Anne-Marie
- family: Nohara
  given: Hiroatsu
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1108/IJSSP-03-2018-0041
eissn: 1758-6720
files: []
issn: 0144-333X
journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL POLICY
keywords: Comparative analysis; Gender; Housework; Relative resources
keywords-plus: 'WORK-FAMILY POLICIES; HOUSEHOLD LABOR; OF-LABOR; ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY;

  DOMESTIC LABOR; COUNTRIES; INEQUALITY; EARNINGS; JAPAN; MONEY'
language: English
number: 11-12
number-of-cited-references: '54'
orcid-numbers: 'nohara, hiroatsu/0000-0003-0017-8557

  Dupray, Arnaud/0000-0001-7820-8838'
pages: 956-972
papis_id: 6d4a3ab0e15958f6ceaa8cda681ba6b8
ref: Dupray2018welfarestateregimes
times-cited: '1'
title: 'Welfare-state regimes and gender division of housework time in three conurbations:
  New York, Paris, Tokyo'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000445061900003
usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
usage-count-since-2013: '19'
volume: '38'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2018'