High gender inequality in the division of domestic labor within the couple has been argued to be associated with Korea’s social problems such as severe work-family conflict and ultra-low fertility rates. Recent studies suggest that coresidence with ...
High gender inequality in the division of domestic labor within the couple has been argued to be associated with Korea’s social problems such as severe work-family conflict and ultra-low fertility rates. Recent studies suggest that coresidence with elderly parents may affect the gendered division but this plausibility has received little scholarly attention. To fill the gap in literature, we examine how intergenerational coresidence affects the couple’s housework using the 2012–2022 Korean Longitudinal Survey of Women and Families data. Couple fixed-effect regressions show that, among couples aged below 50, coresiding with parents reduced both spouses’ time spent on housework and spousal differences in the time. These patterns were more pronounced when coresiding with the wife’s parents than with the husband’s. Among couples aged 50 or above, coresiding with the husband’s parents increased the wife’s housework and the spousal difference. We interpret these results with relevant theories and the Korean context, and provide implications.