Full-Time Schools and Gender Specialization: Time Use Adjustments in Mexican Households

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dc.contributor.authorAmarante, Verónica
dc.contributor.authorViollaz, Mariana
dc.coverage.spatialMéxicoes_ES
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-02T19:32:14Z
dc.date.available2026-02-02T19:32:14Z
dc.date.issued2025-12-31
dc.description.tableofcontentsThis article analyzes how extending the school day by 3.5 hours in Mexican elementary schools affected time use patterns of mothers and fathers. Using a rotating panel of households with within-individual variation in access to full-time schools (2005- 2017), we find heterogeneous effects by household composition. In households with both school-age children and younger kids, both parents reduce childcare time, but mothers’ share of care activities increases, strengthening specialization patterns. Importantly, extended school days do not change female labor outcomes in these households, highlighting the need for complementary interventions covering all dependent ages. In households with only school-age children, we find no adjustments in time allocated to care by any family member, but female labor force participation increases. We also find suggestive evidence of reduced hours worked by domestic workers, consistent with these families outsourcing care to non-family members prior to the policy.es_ES
dc.identifier.citationAmarante, V., & Viollaz, M. (2026, February 2). Full-Time Schools and Gender Specialization: Time Use Adjustments in Mexican Households. Retrieved from https://scioteca.caf.com/handle/123456789/2585en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttps://scioteca.caf.com/handle/123456789/2585
dc.language.isoenes_ES
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectFamiliaes_ES
dc.subjectCuidado infantil
dc.subjectEvaluación de impacto
dc.subjectNiñez
dc.subjectEstudiantes
dc.subjectMujer
dc.titleFull-Time Schools and Gender Specialization: Time Use Adjustments in Mexican Householdses_ES
dc.typeworkingPaperes_ES

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