AbstractThis paper examines whether and how the marital satisfaction of Japanese couples is related to the housework the spouse performs. For single-earner couples, both husbands and wives are more satisfied with the other spouse if the wife performs the greater share of the housework on weekdays. In dual-earner couples, both husbands and wives experience higher spousal satisfaction when the other spouse performs more housework on weekdays. Japanese dual-earner couples are unable to spend more time on housework, because wives are already performing a significant share of housework on weekdays while husbands are working long hours. JEL Classification: J12, J22

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在夫妻之间分担家务：如何提高日本在职妻子的婚姻满意度

摘要本文研究了日本夫妻的婚姻满意度是否与配偶的家务劳动有关。对于单身夫妇来说，如果妻子在工作日完成更多的家务劳动，则丈夫和妻子对对方的配偶会更加满意。在双职工夫妇中，当另一对配偶在工作日完成更多的家务劳动时，夫妻双方的配偶满意度都会更高。日本双职工夫妇无法将更多的时间花在做家务上，因为妻子在平日里已经做了大量的家务活，而丈夫却在长时间工作。JEL分类：J12，J22