Head of Household and Supplementary Earner

Abstract

The household is a social and economic unit and the site of production and consumption. Household arrangements reflect and reinforce labor market norms, social and economic policies, workplace practices and cultural expectations about work and family life. Households are commonly used in surveys that generate demographic, labor force, time use and other data to inform social and economic policies. The male head of household and female supplementary earner is a common arrangement that reflects a gendered division of labor. Despite women's participation in the labor force economic inequality between women and men persists, which emphasizes the importance of a better understanding of intra‐hous..