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Mothers’ time spent in care of their children and market work: a simultaneous model with attitudes as instruments

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Peter Howie
John Wicks
John M. Fitzgerald
Douglas Dalenberg
Rachel Connelly

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Using a model that addresses the potential endogeneity of employment hours on mothers’ child care time and vice versa, by including instruments based on parental attitudes, we find a significant negative (but inelastic) relation between the two time uses.

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Article provided by Taylor and Francis Journals in its journal Applied Economics Letters.

Volume (Year): 13 (2006)
Issue (Month): 8 (June)
Pages: 503-506
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  1. Rachel Connelly & Jean Kimmel, 2003. "Marital status and full-time/part-time work status in child care choices," Applied Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 35(7), pages 761-777, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Jean Kimmel & Rachel Connelly, 2006. "Is Mothers' Time With Their Children Home Production or Leisure?," IZA Discussion Papers 2058, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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