Labor Market Consequences of Grandparenthood
2024 (Engelska)Ingår i: Sociological Science, E-ISSN 2330-6696, Vol. 11, s. 600-625Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
Abstract [en]
Little is known about the labor market consequences of becoming a grandparent. We estimate grandparenthood effects on labor supply and earnings using detailed multigenerational data from Danish population registers. Results show that the consequences of grandparenthood are unequally distributed and starkly patterned. Becoming a grandparent reduces hours worked and income, especially for grandmothers, more so when the grandchild is born to a daughter, and most when the grandmother's daughter gives birth as a teenager. Grandfathers also experience a reduction in hours worked (but not income) from their daughter's teen birth, but the reduction is much smaller than among grandmothers. The effects of a daughter's teen birth are further amplified for low-income grandmothers. Our results imply that childbearing has multigenerational consequences that are structured by gendered caregiving, the caregiving needs of the parent generation, and the delegating capacity of the grandparent generation. © 2024 The Author(s).
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Stanford, CA: Society for Sociological Science , 2024. Vol. 11, s. 600-625
Nyckelord [en]
grandparents, extended family, intergenerational, multigenerational, Denmark, marginal structural models
Nationell ämneskategori
Sociologi
Identifikatorer
URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-54501DOI: 10.15195/v11.a22ISI: 001288909500001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85203287710OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-54501DiVA, id: diva2:1892362
Anmärkning
Funding: The Independent Research Fund Denmark, Social Sciences (#0602-02227B); Helse Foundation (Helsefonden); the Danish School of Education at Aarhus University; the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development through the Center for Demography and Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (#T1 R01HD102125 and #T32 HD007014-42) and the Berkeley Population Center at the University of California, Berkeley (#P2CHD073964); and the National Institute on Aging through the Center for Demography of Health and Aging at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (#P30AG017266) and the Berkeley Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging (#5P30AG012839) and the Berkeley Population Center (#R01AG058940) at the University of California, Berkeley as well as a Romnes Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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