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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 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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  • Peter Howie & John Wicks & John Fitzgerald & Douglas Dalenberg & Rachel Connelly, 2006. "Mothers' time spent in care of their children and market work: a simultaneous model with attitudes as instruments," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(8), pages 503-506.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:13:y:2006:i:8:p:503-506
    DOI: 10.1080/13504850500400546
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