Grandchildren and their grandparents' labor supply

dc.contributor.author	Rupert, P.
dc.contributor.author	Zanella, G.
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.description.abstract	Working-age grandparents supply large amounts of child care, an observation that raises the question of how having grandchildren affects grandparents' own labor supply. Exploiting the unique genealogical design of the PSID and the random variation in the timing when the parents of first-born boys and girls become grandparents, we estimate a structural labor supply model and find a negative effect on employed grandmother's hours of work of about 30% that is concentrated near the bottom of the hours distribution, i.e., among women less attached to the labor market. Implications for the evaluation of child care and parental leave policies are discussed.
dc.description.statementofresponsibility	Peter Rupert, Giulio Zanella
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Public Economics, 2018; 159(11235):89-103
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.jpubeco.2017.12.013
dc.identifier.issn	0047-2727
dc.identifier.orcid	Zanella, G. [0000-0001-8963-2351]
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2440/119038
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.rights	© 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.source.uri	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2017.12.013
dc.subject	Labor supply; grandparents; child care
dc.title	Grandchildren and their grandparents' labor supply
dc.type	Journal article
pubs.publication-status	Published

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