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How Does the Presence of Children Affect Dependent Care? A Psycho-Economic Approach

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José Ignacio Giménez () (University of Zaragoza)
Miriam Marcén () (University of Zaragoza)
José Alberto Molina () (University of Zaragoza and IZA)

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This paper adopts a psycho-economic approach, based on the "Demonstration Effect" hypothesis, to analyze the effects that the presence of children has on the time devoted to elder care. We combine the approach of the Social Cognitive Theory and a three-generation altruism model. Using the 2003 Spanish Time Use Survey (STUS), we confirm the "Demonstration Effect", i.e, the presence of children, while parents are engaged in elder care activities, increases by 11.63% the time devoted to these activities. Additionally, we find that time devoted to child care as primary activity increases by 11.19 minutes per day when children are present during adult care activities.

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Keywords: children dependent care psycho-economic approach demonstration effect

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D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism
J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped

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