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Gender Differences in Children’s Non-Leisure Activities: A Decomposition Analysis

The prevalence of son preference indicates that girls will have less leisure time compared to boys. This study aims to examine gender differences in weekly hours in schooling, housework, and working among children in Indonesia using Tobit Model and decomposition model of Bauer & Sinning (2005)...

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Main Authors: Dayang Haszelinna, Abang Ali, Rosita, Hamdan, Audrey, Liwan, Yau, Josephine Tan Hwang
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Language:English
Published: Economics and Finance in Indonesia 2020
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HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33250/1/Gender%20Differences%20in%20Children%E2%80%99s%20Non-Leisure%20Activities_PDF.pdf
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spelling my.unimas.ir.332502020-12-08T07:40:58Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33250/ Gender Differences in Children’s Non-Leisure Activities: A Decomposition Analysis Dayang Haszelinna, Abang Ali Rosita, Hamdan Audrey, Liwan Yau, Josephine Tan Hwang HD Industries. Land use. Labor The prevalence of son preference indicates that girls will have less leisure time compared to boys. This study aims to examine gender differences in weekly hours in schooling, housework, and working among children in Indonesia using Tobit Model and decomposition model of Bauer & Sinning (2005), to test whether son preference explains the differences. The dataset was drawn from the fourth wave of Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) in 2007. The results show significant gender differences in housework and working for children aged 5–14 years and insignificant gender gap in schooling for both age groups. These results confirm the existence of gender differences among younger children compared to older children in their time allocation. Economics and Finance in Indonesia 2020-06 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33250/1/Gender%20Differences%20in%20Children%E2%80%99s%20Non-Leisure%20Activities_PDF.pdf Dayang Haszelinna, Abang Ali and Rosita, Hamdan and Audrey, Liwan and Yau, Josephine Tan Hwang (2020) Gender Differences in Children’s Non-Leisure Activities: A Decomposition Analysis. Economics and Finance in Indonesia, 66 (1). pp. 64-76. ISSN 2442-9260
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topic HD Industries. Land use. Labor
spellingShingle HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Dayang Haszelinna, Abang Ali
Rosita, Hamdan
Audrey, Liwan
Yau, Josephine Tan Hwang
Gender Differences in Children’s Non-Leisure Activities: A Decomposition Analysis
description The prevalence of son preference indicates that girls will have less leisure time compared to boys. This study aims to examine gender differences in weekly hours in schooling, housework, and working among children in Indonesia using Tobit Model and decomposition model of Bauer & Sinning (2005), to test whether son preference explains the differences. The dataset was drawn from the fourth wave of Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) in 2007. The results show significant gender differences in housework and working for children aged 5–14 years and insignificant gender gap in schooling for both age groups. These results confirm the existence of gender differences among younger children compared to older children in their time allocation.
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author Dayang Haszelinna, Abang Ali
Rosita, Hamdan
Audrey, Liwan
Yau, Josephine Tan Hwang
author_facet Dayang Haszelinna, Abang Ali
Rosita, Hamdan
Audrey, Liwan
Yau, Josephine Tan Hwang
author_sort Dayang Haszelinna, Abang Ali
title Gender Differences in Children’s Non-Leisure Activities: A Decomposition Analysis
title_short Gender Differences in Children’s Non-Leisure Activities: A Decomposition Analysis
title_full Gender Differences in Children’s Non-Leisure Activities: A Decomposition Analysis
title_fullStr Gender Differences in Children’s Non-Leisure Activities: A Decomposition Analysis
title_full_unstemmed Gender Differences in Children’s Non-Leisure Activities: A Decomposition Analysis
title_sort gender differences in children’s non-leisure activities: a decomposition analysis
publisher Economics and Finance in Indonesia
publishDate 2020
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33250/1/Gender%20Differences%20in%20Children%E2%80%99s%20Non-Leisure%20Activities_PDF.pdf
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