The increase in hours worked is somewhat illusory. Primary care giver (eg. in the past, usually mothers) worked full time to look after the children, cook, orga

The increase in hours worked is somewhat illusory. Primary care giver (eg. in the past, usually mothers) worked full time to look after the children, cook, organize family life. We now mostly work the same hours for money, then pay someone to do what mothers used to do for free; except possibly with some extra friction (tax, stress, commutes etc.). Even nowadays, in the UK for example, many families are pushed to realize the soaring cost of childcare is greater than post tax earnings for one parent and skip employment to save money.