That's how things are in a number of households in many societies, but men would benefit if their wives made wages equal to theirs or higher wages than theirs and if combined incomes could purchase the housework services on the market whose quality is better than what the wives' unpaid labor could accomplish. Men would also benefit if, alternatively, the housework services were provided by social programs. --
The economist bug has bitten you too Yoshie. Why call them "housework services"? Why turn it into a featureless, interchangable commodity...and then argue that it provides better "quality" -- very odd.
Joanna
