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Interrupciones laborales y cuidados infantiles: Resultados con técnicas de Machine Learning
[Work interruptions and childcare: Results using machine learning techniques]

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  • Felipe Calvo, David

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Este trabajo investiga los factores que predicen las interrupciones laborales de corta duración debidas al cuidado infantil, un mecanismo diario que subyace a la ‘penalización por hijos’ en el mercado laboral. Utilizando datos de la American Time Use Survey (ATUS) para el periodo 2010-2019, se aplica una metodología innovadora que combina el Análisis de Supervivencia con técnicas de Machine Learning, como los Bosques Aleatorios de Supervivencia. Se propone una nueva tipología de interrupciones (‘puras’ y ‘mixtas’) para capturar con mayor precisión el conflicto trabajo-familia. Los resultados revelan que los predictores más potentes del riesgo de interrupción son la edad del hijo menor y el género del progenitor, superando a variables económicas como los ingresos. Se identifica una ‘paradoja del privilegio’, donde un mayor nivel educativo y de ingresos se asocia con un mayor riesgo de interrupción, fenómeno explicado por la combinación de un estilo de ‘crianza intensiva’ y la mayor autonomía de los ‘trabajos codiciosos’. Los principales resultados arrojan que el riesgo de interrupción diario está determinado principalmente por factores sociodemográficos y normas de género, más que por consideraciones puramente económicas, ofreciendo una micro fundamentación empírica a la persistente brecha de género.

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  • Felipe Calvo, David, 2025. "Interrupciones laborales y cuidados infantiles: Resultados con técnicas de Machine Learning [Work interruptions and childcare: Results using machine learning techniques]," MPRA Paper 126261, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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