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The Role of Non-standard Work Status in Parental Caregiving for Young Children

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  • Rachel Connelly

    (Department of Economics, Bowdoin College, 9700 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011, USA.)

  • Jean Kimmel

    (Department of Economics, Western Michigan University)

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This paper uses data from the American Time Use Survey to examine the effect of the timing of parents’ daily work schedules on their caregiving time on weekdays. Since the timing of employment is a choice, the decision to work non-standard hours is modeled jointly with caregiving. We find that high-wage non-standard mothers provide more caregiving than lower-wage non-standard mothers, while caregiving time performed by standard-time working mothers is not responsive to their wages. For fathers, caregiving is shown to be strongly related to marital status, the age of his children and the presence of other adults in the household.

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  • Rachel Connelly & Jean Kimmel, 2011. "The Role of Non-standard Work Status in Parental Caregiving for Young Children," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 37(2), pages 248-269.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:easeco:v:37:y:2011:i:2:p:248-269
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    1. Berenice Monna & Anne Gauthier, 2008. "A Review of the Literature on the Social and Economic Determinants of Parental Time," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 29(4), pages 634-653, December.
    2. Li, Jianghong & Kenyon Lair, Hannah & Schӓfer, Jakob & Kendall, Garth, 2022. "Parents' nonstandard work schedules and parents' perception of adolescent social and emotional wellbeing [Atypische Arbeitszeiten der Eltern und die Wahrnehmung des sozialen und emotionalen Wohlbef," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 34(2), pages 782-801.
    3. Melinda Morrill & Sabrina Pabilonia, 2015. "What effects do macroeconomic conditions have on the time couples with children spend together?," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 13(4), pages 791-814, December.
    4. Li, Jianghong & Johnson, Sarah E. & Han, Wen-Jui & Andrews, Sonia & Kendall, Garth & Strazdins, Lyndall & Dockery, Alfred, 2014. "Parents' Nonstandard Work Schedules and Child Well-Being: A Critical Review of the Literature," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 35(1), pages 53-73.
    5. Morrill, Melinda Sandler & Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff, 2012. "What Effects Do Macroeconomic Conditions Have on Families' Time Together?," IZA Discussion Papers 6529, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    6. Thoresen, Thor O. & Vattø, Trine E., 2019. "An up-to-date joint labor supply and child care choice model," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 112(C), pages 51-73.
    7. Dockery, Alfred Michael & Li, Jianghong & Kendall, Garth, 2016. "Sole-parent work schedules and adolescent wellbeing:Evidence from Australia," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 168(C), pages 167-174.
    8. Boyd-Swan, Casey H., 2019. "Nonparental child care during nonstandard hours: Does participation influence child well-being?," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 57(C), pages 85-101.
    9. Alejandra Ros Pilarz & Leah Awkward-Rich, 2024. "Mothers’ Work Schedules and Children’s Time with Parents," Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Springer, vol. 45(1), pages 117-136, March.
    10. Morrill, Melinda Sandler & Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff, 2012. "What Effects Do Macroeconomic Conditions Have on Families' Time Together?," IZA Discussion Papers 6529, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    11. Bryan, Mark L. & Sevilla, Almudena, 2014. "Flexible Working and Couples' Coordination of Time Schedules," IZA Discussion Papers 8304, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

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    JEL classification:

    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply

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