The backward-bending commute times of married women with household responsibility
The backward-bending commute times of married women with household responsibility
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承担家庭责任的已婚妇女的通勤时间向后弯曲
DOI：
10.1007/s11116-013-9458-5
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发表时间：
2013
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影响因子：
4.3
通讯作者：
Shinichiro Iwata and Keiko Tamada
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吉田和夫・車井浩子;車井浩子・横山由紀子;加藤恵正;吉田和夫 車井浩子;加藤恵正;玉田桂子;車井浩子 横山由紀子;KATOH,Yoshimasa;菅万理;Maria M. Ikeda;吉田和夫・水野利英・車井浩子;玉田桂子;和田真理子;Shinichiro Iwata and Keiko Tamada
本文的目的是从理论上和实证上检验已婚女性的通勤时间是否遵循工资率的后弯模式。现有文献表明，已婚女性倾向于选择短途通勤，因为她们的工资相对较低，而且家庭责任相对较重。然而，工作-休闲模型（包括妻子同时决定通勤时间和工资水平）表明，从事高薪职位的已婚妇女也进行短途通勤，而中等工资水平的已婚妇女则选择长途通勤。这些结果表明，已婚女性的通勤时间呈现出向后弯曲的模式。应用解释工资率内生性的工具变量策略，日本就业已婚女性的实证结果似乎支持了这一发现。此外，我们的一项研究结果表明，高薪已婚女性尽管要承担繁重的家庭责任，但仍然可以通过短途通勤获得更多的休闲时间。
The purpose of this paper is to examine theoretically and empirically whether the commute times of married women follow a backward-bending pattern with respect to wage rates. The existing literature has shown that married women tend to choose short commutes because of their relatively low wages combined with comparatively heavy household responsibilities. However, a work–leisure model, which includes the simultaneous decision wives take regarding commute times and wage rates, suggests that married women employed in highly paid positions also undertake short commutes, while married women with wage rates in the middle range choose long commutes. These results suggest that the commute times of married women display a backward-bending pattern. Applying an instrumental variable strategy that accounts for the endogeneity of wage rates, the empirical results for employed married women in Japan appear to support this finding. Moreover, one of our results suggests that highly paid married women can still secure greater leisure time with short commutes, despite retaining a heavy load of domestic responsibilities.