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Grandparents’ Childcare and Female Employment: Evidence from China

Jin, Wenxi LU (2023) EOSK12 20231
Department of Economic History
Abstract
This paper aims to analyze the impact of grandparents' childcare on mothers' employment status and working hours in China. Based on the cross-sectional data of China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) in 2020, this paper uses the Probit and the OLS models to study married women aged 20-50 with at least one child aged 0-6. The empirical results show that grandparents' childcare increases the probability of female employment by 34.7%-37.6% and increases the weekly working hours of females by 8.084-8.693 hours. Further heterogeneity tests revealed that grandparents' childcare has a stronger impact on the employment of mothers with younger children. The effect of grandparents' childcare on women's employment is most pronounced for women with three or... (More)
This paper aims to analyze the impact of grandparents' childcare on mothers' employment status and working hours in China. Based on the cross-sectional data of China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) in 2020, this paper uses the Probit and the OLS models to study married women aged 20-50 with at least one child aged 0-6. The empirical results show that grandparents' childcare increases the probability of female employment by 34.7%-37.6% and increases the weekly working hours of females by 8.084-8.693 hours. Further heterogeneity tests revealed that grandparents' childcare has a stronger impact on the employment of mothers with younger children. The effect of grandparents' childcare on women's employment is most pronounced for women with three or more children. In addition, grandparents' childcare has a stronger positive impact on rural women's employment and weekly working hours than women living in urban areas. (Less)
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Jin, Wenxi LU
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EOSK12 20231
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
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English
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9133031
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2023-08-30 08:50:27
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  abstract     = {{This paper aims to analyze the impact of grandparents' childcare on mothers' employment status and working hours in China. Based on the cross-sectional data of China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) in 2020, this paper uses the Probit and the OLS models to study married women aged 20-50 with at least one child aged 0-6. The empirical results show that grandparents' childcare increases the probability of female employment by 34.7%-37.6% and increases the weekly working hours of females by 8.084-8.693 hours. Further heterogeneity tests revealed that grandparents' childcare has a stronger impact on the employment of mothers with younger children. The effect of grandparents' childcare on women's employment is most pronounced for women with three or more children. In addition, grandparents' childcare has a stronger positive impact on rural women's employment and weekly working hours than women living in urban areas.}},
  author       = {{Jin, Wenxi}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Grandparents’ Childcare and Female Employment: Evidence from China}},
  year         = {{2023}},
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