Labour Supply and Childcare for British Mothers in Two-Parent Families: A Structural Approach

Parera-Nicolau, Antonia; Mumford, Karen

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“…If in some cases, grandparental childcare is considered as a substitute for formal childcare -a cheaper one-there might be other reasons leading parents to have grandparents looking after their children. For example, concerned about childcare quality, some parents might have a preference against it (Ham and Buchel, 2004;Parera-Nicolau and Mumford, 2005) and would not use non-relative care even if it was free (Ermisch, 2002). Hence, while some working mothers might choose the next more internal childcare type, grandparental childcare, others might trust formal childcare and send their children to this most external type of childcare -preferring it to grandparental childcare on the grounds of the benefits of formal childcare with respect to child development, for example (Felfe and Lalive, 2010;Brilli et al, 2011;Havnes and Mogstad, 2011).…”

Section: The Endogeneity Of Grandparental Childcarementioning

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The Effect of Grandparental Support on Mothers’ Labour Market Participation: An Instrumental Variable Approach

Arpino

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Tavares

2022

Global Labour in Distress, Volume I

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Mothers' Labour Market Participation:Do Grandparents Make It Easier?Childcare arrangements are key in women's ability to juggle motherhood and working outside the home. As such, the study of the access to childcare and its use is of great policy relevance. We focus on a particular kind of informal childcare, the one provided by grandparents. Empirically, assessing the effect of grandparental childcare is not an easy task due to unobserved preferences. In light of the potential outcome framework, we interpret the biases resulting from unobserved preferences as arising from the non-compliance of mothers to the availability of grandparents and from preferences of grandparents for activities other than childcare. Using an Instrumental Variable approach on Italian data, we find that the effect of grandparental childcare on mothers' labour supply is positive, statistically significant and economically relevant. The effect is stronger for lower educated mothers, with young children and living in the North and Centre.

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Section: The Endogeneity Of Grandparental Childcarementioning

confidence: 99%

The Effect of Grandparental Support on Mothers’ Labour Market Participation: An Instrumental Variable Approach

Arpino

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Tavares

2022

Global Labour in Distress, Volume I

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The influence of wages on parents’ allocations of time to child care and market work in the United Kingdom

2008

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The Effect of Grandparental Support on Mothers’ Labour Market Participation: An Instrumental Variable Approach

2014

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Mothers' Labour Market Participation: Do Grandparents Make It Easier?Childcare arrangements are key in women's ability to juggle motherhood and working outside the home. As such, the study of the access to childcare and its use is of great policy relevance. We focus on a particular kind of informal childcare, the one provided by grandparents. Empirically, assessing the effect of grandparental childcare is not an easy task due to unobserved preferences. In light of the potential outcome framework, we interpret the biases resulting from unobserved preferences as arising from the non-compliance of mothers to the availability of grandparents and from preferences of grandparents for activities other than childcare. Using an Instrumental Variable approach on Italian data, we find that the effect of grandparental childcare on mothers' labour supply is positive, statistically significant and economically relevant. The effect is stronger for lower educated mothers, with young children and living in the North and Centre.JEL Classification: J10, J13, C26

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Labour Supply and Childcare for British Mothers in Two-Parent Families: A Structural Approach

Cited by 7 publications

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The Effect of Grandparental Support on Mothers’ Labour Market Participation: An Instrumental Variable Approach

The Effect of Grandparental Support on Mothers’ Labour Market Participation: An Instrumental Variable Approach

The influence of wages on parents’ allocations of time to child care and market work in the United Kingdom

The Effect of Grandparental Support on Mothers’ Labour Market Participation: An Instrumental Variable Approach

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