Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
submittedVersion
Publication Date
6-2015
Abstract
One-fifth of children aged below five with employed mothers benefit from grandparent provided child care as their main source of daycare in the US. Using data from the health and retirement study, we investigate how grandchild care needs relate to intergenerational transfers of time and money and grandparents’ labor supply behavior. We find that grandparents with a new born grandchild are more likely to provide grandchild care while married grandparents are also more likely to be employed and provide financial help. Grandparents with grandchildren living close by provided higher time transfers while married grandmothers with resident grandchildren also worked longer hours.
Keywords
Grandchild care, Intergenerational transfers, Grandparents’ labor supply
Discipline
Labor Economics
Research Areas
Applied Microeconomics
Publication
Review of Economics of the Household
Volume
13
Issue
2
First Page
359
Last Page
384
ISSN
1569-5239
Identifier
10.1007/s11150-013-9221-x
Publisher
Springer Verlag (Germany)
Citation
HO, Christine.
Grandchild Care, Intergenerational Transfers, and Grandparents’ Labor Supply. (2015). Review of Economics of the Household. 13, (2), 359-384.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1538
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-013-9221-x