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Effects of informal eldercare on female labor supply in different European welfare states

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Kotsadam, Andreas () (Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University)
Abstract

Using advanced panel data methods on ECHP (European Community Household Panel) data, female labor force participation at both the intensive and extensive margin is found to be negatively associated with informal caregiving to elderly. The effects of informal caregiving seem to be more negative in the Southern European countries, less negative in the Nordic countries, and in between these extremes in the Central European countries included in the study. That is, not only do women in some countries provide more care, the care they provide also has a stronger negative correlation with the probability of being employed and the number of hours worked. It is argued in this paper that a candidate explanation for the phenomenon of lower marginal effects in countries with more formal care and less pronounced gendered care norms has to do with the degree of coercion in the caring decision.

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Paper provided by Göteborg University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers in Economics with number 353.

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Date of creation: 06 Apr 2009
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Keywords: Informal care; Female labor supply; European welfare states;

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I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Production
J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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