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Title: FACTORS OF CHINESE RESIDENTS' UNPAID WORKING TIME AND ITS GENDER DIFFERENCE: A MULTIPLE REGRESSIONSTUDY
Authors: Tang Anqi
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Tang Anqi Ginling College, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, China
MLA 8 Anqi, Tang. "FACTORS OF CHINESE RESIDENTS' UNPAID WORKING TIME AND ITS GENDER DIFFERENCE: A MULTIPLE REGRESSIONSTUDY." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 6, no. 3, Mar. 2021, pp. 830-840, doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i03.006. Accessed Mar. 2021. APA 6 Anqi, T. (2021, March). FACTORS OF CHINESE RESIDENTS' UNPAID WORKING TIME AND ITS GENDER DIFFERENCE: A MULTIPLE REGRESSIONSTUDY. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 6(3), 830-840. doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i03.006 Chicago Anqi, Tang. "FACTORS OF CHINESE RESIDENTS' UNPAID WORKING TIME AND ITS GENDER DIFFERENCE: A MULTIPLE REGRESSIONSTUDY." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 6, no. 3 (March 2021), 830-840. Accessed March, 2021. doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i03.006.
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Abstract: The paper examines what factors have impact on Chinese residents ’unpaid working time and its gender difference. Unpaid working hours refer to the working time that residents do not work for the purpose of labor remuneration. To a certain extent, the length of unpaid working time reflects the quality of life and social fairness of residents. Among all the studies on unpaid labor, the gender difference in the length of unpaid labor time is a topic worthy of attention. Unfair problems within the family are easily caused because of imbalance distribution of unpaid labor time between the family members. Especially in the case of double worker families, the gap between paid working hours and income between the two sexes has narrowed, but there is still a large gap between unpaid working hours. Much housework is undertaken by women, which is not conducive to improving women's happiness. Studies have shown that women spend significantly more time in unpaid labor than men, but we still don't know which factors will expand or narrow the difference. In order to answer this question, this paper uses the data of China General Social Survey in 2015 (CGSS) to conduct a multivariate regression analysis. The paper reveals that the factors influencing the unpaid working hours between both male and female have a strong heterogeneity. Marriage significantly improves the unpaid working hours of women, but shortens the unpaid working hours of men; gender equality attitude has a significant impact on reducing the unpaid working hours of women However, it has no significant effect on male’s unpaid labor participation time.

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