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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 363-396 |
| Journal | De Economist |
| Volume | 166 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sep 2018 |
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Keywords
- informal care
- labor supply
- elderly
- panel data
- SHARE
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Informal caregiving, employment status and work hours of the 50+ population in Europe. / Ciccarelli, Nicola; van Soest, Arthur.
In: De Economist, Vol. 166, No. 3, 09.2018, p. 363-396.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Informal caregiving, employment status and work hours of the 50+ population in Europe
AU - Ciccarelli, Nicola
AU - van Soest, Arthur
PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - Using panel data on the age group 50–70 in 15 European countries, we analyze the effects of providing informal care to parents, parents-in-law, stepparents, and grandparents on employment status and work hours. We account for fixed individual effects and test for endogeneity of caregiving using moments exploiting standard instruments (e.g., parental death) as well as higher-order moment conditions (Lewbel instruments). Specification tests suggest that informal care provision and daily caregiving can be treated as exogenous variables. We find a significant and negative effect of daily caregiving on employment status and work hours. This effect is particularly strong for women. On the other hand, providing care at a weekly (or less than weekly) frequency does not significantly affect paid work. We do not find evidence of heterogeneous effects of caregiving on paid work across European regions.
AB - Using panel data on the age group 50–70 in 15 European countries, we analyze the effects of providing informal care to parents, parents-in-law, stepparents, and grandparents on employment status and work hours. We account for fixed individual effects and test for endogeneity of caregiving using moments exploiting standard instruments (e.g., parental death) as well as higher-order moment conditions (Lewbel instruments). Specification tests suggest that informal care provision and daily caregiving can be treated as exogenous variables. We find a significant and negative effect of daily caregiving on employment status and work hours. This effect is particularly strong for women. On the other hand, providing care at a weekly (or less than weekly) frequency does not significantly affect paid work. We do not find evidence of heterogeneous effects of caregiving on paid work across European regions.
KW - informal care
KW - labor supply
KW - elderly
KW - panel data
KW - SHARE
U2 - 10.1007/s10645-018-9323-1
DO - 10.1007/s10645-018-9323-1
M3 - Article
VL - 166
SP - 363
EP - 396
JO - De Economist: Tijdschrift voor alle standen, tot bevordering van volkswelvaart, door verspreiding van eenvoudige beginselen van staatshuishoudkunde
JF - De Economist: Tijdschrift voor alle standen, tot bevordering van volkswelvaart, door verspreiding van eenvoudige beginselen van staatshuishoudkunde
SN - 0013-063X
IS - 3
ER -