Who Works Less when a Parent Needs Long-Term Care? Gender Disparities in Labor Market Effects in Mexico
We use longitudinal data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study to analyze the effect of having a parent in need of long-term care on labor supply of men and women aged 50–64 in Mexico. After accounting for both individual and time fixed effects, we find that parents’ need of long-term care is ass...
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We use longitudinal data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study to analyze the effect of having a parent in need of long-term care on labor supply of men and women aged 50–64 in Mexico. After accounting for both individual and time fixed effects, we find that parents’ need of long-term care is associated with both a significant drop in the likelihood of working (by 2.42 percentage points), and a reduction in the number of hours worked (by 7.3%) among women who remain employed. In contrast, we find no effect on the labor supply of men. In a context of rapid population aging, the increase in the need of long-term care risks to hinder the efforts to reduce gender imbalances in the labor market.
JEL Classification. I38, J14, J16, J18, J21, J22.
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| spelling | doaj.art-a25122fd283946e49c7e81e7f0a3f1472023-11-12T06:24:47ZengLSE PressJournal of Long-Term Care2516-91222022-05-012022Who Works Less when a Parent Needs Long-Term Care? Gender Disparities in Labor Market Effects in MexicoMarco Stampini0Maria Laura Oliveri1Pablo Ibarraran2Carlos Flores3Inter-American Development BankInter-American Development BankInter-American Development BankCal Poly Orfalea College of Business We use longitudinal data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study to analyze the effect of having a parent in need of long-term care on labor supply of men and women aged 50–64 in Mexico. After accounting for both individual and time fixed effects, we find that parents’ need of long-term care is associated with both a significant drop in the likelihood of working (by 2.42 percentage points), and a reduction in the number of hours worked (by 7.3%) among women who remain employed. In contrast, we find no effect on the labor supply of men. In a context of rapid population aging, the increase in the need of long-term care risks to hinder the efforts to reduce gender imbalances in the labor market. JEL Classification. I38, J14, J16, J18, J21, J22. https://account.journal.ilpnetwork.org/index.php/lse-j-jltc/article/view/116labor supplyLong-Term Care (LTC)elderly carecare dependenceMexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS)Mexico |
| spellingShingle | Marco Stampini Maria Laura Oliveri Pablo Ibarraran Carlos Flores Who Works Less when a Parent Needs Long-Term Care? Gender Disparities in Labor Market Effects in Mexico Journal of Long-Term Care labor supply Long-Term Care (LTC) elderly care care dependence Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) Mexico |
| title | Who Works Less when a Parent Needs Long-Term Care? Gender Disparities in Labor Market Effects in Mexico |
| title_full | Who Works Less when a Parent Needs Long-Term Care? Gender Disparities in Labor Market Effects in Mexico |
| title_fullStr | Who Works Less when a Parent Needs Long-Term Care? Gender Disparities in Labor Market Effects in Mexico |
| title_full_unstemmed | Who Works Less when a Parent Needs Long-Term Care? Gender Disparities in Labor Market Effects in Mexico |
| title_short | Who Works Less when a Parent Needs Long-Term Care? Gender Disparities in Labor Market Effects in Mexico |
| title_sort | who works less when a parent needs long term care gender disparities in labor market effects in mexico |
| topic | labor supply Long-Term Care (LTC) elderly care care dependence Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) Mexico |
| url | https://account.journal.ilpnetwork.org/index.php/lse-j-jltc/article/view/116 |
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