Roadblocks on the Road to Grandma's House: Fertility Consequences of Delayed Retirement

Battistin, Erich; Nadai, Michele De; Padula, Mario

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2420716

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“…mother's participation in paid labour market and grandparents' wellbeing. In particular, considering the effects on adult children, it has been shown that besides affecting children reproductive decisions (Aassve et al 2012;Battistin et al, 2014;Bratti et al, 2018), grandparents' support significantly and positively affects mother's labour market attachment and grandchildren's wellbeing (e.g. Ruiz & Silverstein, 2007).…”

Section: The Role Of Grandparents In Italian Familiesmentioning

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Grandparents, family solidarity and the division of housework: evidence from the Italian case

Albertini

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2022

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As a consequence of recent socio-demographic trends and labour market transformations the role of grandparental support has become pivotal in individuals’ and households’ life courses. In Southern European countries the availability of grandparents affects young couples’ labour market participation and fertility decisions. In the present paper, it is asked if the potential availability of social support from the older family generation is associated with more or less inequality in the division of unpaid housework in couples with minor children, in Italy. Using data from the 2016 Family and Social Subjects survey it is shown that while there is not a clear relation between intergenerational face-to-face contacts and the symmetry of the division of household labour, adult children and older (grand)parents coresidence is associated with a more gender-equal sharing of housework within couples, arguably because co-residing grandparents take on the execution of a number of household tasks. The observed effect is comparable to that of hiring a paid housekeeper and higher than hiring a babysitter. Thus, despite one may think that three-generation households are characterized by a culture of traditional norms, our findings indicate that they have a more gender-equal division of housework.

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Section: The Role Of Grandparents In Italian Familiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Grandparents, family solidarity and the division of housework: evidence from the Italian case

Albertini

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2022

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“…There is a branch of literature on the intergenerational effects of increased MRA. Battistin et al (2014) find negative effects of Italian pension reforms that increased the MRA of the grandparental generation on informal childcare supply for the next generation. They find that one additional granparent in early child-bearing years increases the number of children by 5% in close-knit families.…”

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Does a Longer Work Horizon Affect Offsprings' Labour Market Outcomes?

Chattopadhyay

2022

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This paper studies the effect of an increase in the work horizon of middle aged workers on the school-work transition of their offsprings aged 15-29 years. I exploit the variation in the parental work horizon induced by the 2012 Fornero reform in Italy that abruptly changed the age and years of social security contribution requirements for pension eligibility. Utilising a difference-in-difference strategy in a multi-valued treatment setting, the study shows that the reform-induced increase in the work horizon of mothers caused an increase in the probability of their offsprings seeking their first job and a decrease in these offsprings' probability of being a student. This effect is higher on male offsprings and is stronger in southern Italy. Fathers did not significantly affect the student status or any labour market outcomes of their offsprings. Mechanisms behind these findings include the longer reform-induced work horizon for mothers vs. fathers, and the consequent positive effect on mothers' lifetime earnings. JEL Classification: I26, J18, J26

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“…The results show that our main estimates are entirely driven by the subsample of individuals from Northern and Central Italy, while no relationships are found when we consider Southern Italy. This is not surprising, as Southern Italy is characterized by a higher youth unemployment rate, lower female labor market participation, and stronger family ties (see, among others, Battistin et al, 2014). In columns (4) and ( 5), we divide the sample according to the youth unemployment rate at the provincial level, using the median value as a threshold.…”

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Employment protection legislation and household formation: evidence from Italy

2022

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While many studies have investigated the determinants of household formation and fertility in young adults, only a few have focused on the impact of employment protection legislation (EPL) on these outcomes. Moreover, to the best of our knowledge, no one has investigated how changes in EPL may alter the intentions of young individuals even before their realization. In this paper, we study the differential impact of the reduction in EPL associated with Italy’s 2015 Jobs Act on the household formation and fertility intentions of young Italians in various districts. We use data from a survey conducted on a sample of young people between the ages of 18-34 for the years 2012, 2015, 2016, and 2017. The identification strategy exploits local variation in the level of efficiency of the courts, measured in terms of the average duration of proceedings, to assess the existence of within-country and across-district heterogeneity in the reform’s impact. Indeed, firing costs used to be relatively greater in districts characterized by a longer duration of labor trials. The Jobs Act, by reducing firing costs and modifying the autonomy of judges, should have had a larger impact in districts with less efficient courts. According to our results, the reform seems to have indirectly leveled out the fertility and household formation intentions of young Italians living in districts with more and less efficient courts. Heterogeneities indicate that the results are mainly driven by older individuals and graduates who live in less disadvantaged areas.

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Roadblocks on the Road to Grandma's House: Fertility Consequences of Delayed Retirement

Cited by 19 publications

References 26 publications

Grandparents, family solidarity and the division of housework: evidence from the Italian case

Grandparents, family solidarity and the division of housework: evidence from the Italian case

Does a Longer Work Horizon Affect Offsprings' Labour Market Outcomes?

Employment protection legislation and household formation: evidence from Italy

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