The Production of Inequality: The Gender Division of Labor Across the Transition to Parenthood

Longitudinal time-diary study of dual-earner couples across the birth of the first child. A gender gap in total workload that was absent before birth emerged afterward: mothers added far more daily work (over 2 hours) than fathers (about 40 minutes), driven by childcare and housework. Documents how an unequal division of labor is "produced" at the transition to parenthood.