期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2018
卷号：8
期号：12
页码：1742-1759
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v8-i12/5320
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：This study examines the gender differentials in the time allocation in children activity, and whether son preference explained the differences. The time allocation is separated to hours spent on schooling, hours spent on house work and hours devoted to market work. The tested hypothesis is that the prevalence of son preference indicates that girls have less leisure time compared to the boys. The data are drawn from Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) wave 4 in 2007, implementing the Tobit model on the variables such as children’s hours of work, child’s household’s and community’s characteristics. The findings suggest that the difference between the average numbers of hours worked of the boys and the girls have a statistically differential effect on working and doing housework. In addition, girls aged 5-14 years spend more hours on schooling and doing housework, however boys aged 15-17 years more likely to spend their time on working.
