Pattern of Time Allocation of Home Production in Iran’s Rural and Urban Areas

The main purpose of this paper is to present a pattern of time allocation of the Iranian headed households’ housework for rural and urban areas, in 1394 using the data of Statistical Center of Iran. In this research, the theory of allocation of time (household production) of Gary Becker has been used, and the effect of the households’ socio-economic characteristics (including age of headed household, size of household, area of household's lodging, education and income of headed household) on the time spending for home production has been studied by considering the Stone-Geary utility function and the household budget and time constraints.The results indicate that male and female who are headed household in rural areas spent more hours for home production compare to urban areas. Also, the male in urban and rural areas, compare to the female, devoted more hours to housework. Because, according to the reports of statistical center of Iran, during the years 2013-2016, the male unemployment rate was changed 0.2 % and 0.5%, respectively, while the change in the female unemployment rate was 0.1% and 0.3% respectively, Which means male unemployment was increased and the female unemployment was reduced