Provides an in-depth study of the allocation of time spend on unpaid domestic work in a gender-unequal context: Italy.
Studies a life-course approach focusing on the three pillars of unpaid domestic work: housework, childcare and elderly care.
Addresses aspects often neglected in the current literature such as the allocation of time to domestic work among children and the elderly.

Autorentext

Giulia Maria Dotti Sani is a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Research from the University of Trento. Her main research areas are the sociology of the family, time use studies, and social stratification. Her methodological skills include time budget analysis, multilevel and panel modeling. She is specialized in the management and analyses of large household longitudinal and cross-sectional datasets (e.g. Multinational Time Use Study, European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, European Social Survey, Italian Household Survey and Time Use Survey). She has published original research in highly ranked international peer-reviewed journals such as the European Sociological Review, the Journal of Marriage and Family, the European Journal of Political Research, Social Science Research and the Journal of Family Issues.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Theoretical background.- Chapter 3. The Italian Time Use Survey.- Chapter 4. Domestic work among children, teenagers, and young adults.- Chapter 5. Young and beautiful. Domestic work among childless women and men.- Chapter 6. Parenthood and domestic work: a never-ending workload.- Chapter 7. When the kids grow up: domestic work among Italians aged 45 to 64.- Chapter 8. In the empty nest: housework and adult care among Italians aged 65 and above.- Chapter 9. Conclusions.