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dc.titleWorking Less to Take Care of Parents?: Labor Market Effects of Family Long-Term Care in Latin America
dc.contributor.authorStampini, Marco
dc.contributor.authorOliveri, María Laura
dc.contributor.authorIbarrarán, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorLondoño, Diana
dc.contributor.authorRhee, Ho June (Sean)
dc.contributor.authorJames, Gillinda M.
dc.contributor.orgunitSocial Protection and Health Division
dc.coverageColombia
dc.coverageMexico
dc.coverageChile
dc.coverageCosta Rica
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.date.available2020-12-01T01:00:00
dc.date.issue2020-10-08T17:00:00
dc.description.abstractWe use data from time-use surveys and the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) to analyze the relationship between the need to provide family long-term care (LTC) and womens labor supply in four Latin American countries. Descriptive analysis of time-use survey data from Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico shows that: (i) women make up 63% to 84% of long-term family caregivers and account for 72% to 88% of total hours of LTC; (ii) consistently across countries, women who provide LTC are less likely to work, and those who do work less hours per week and have a double burden of work and LTC. Multivariate analysis of longitudinal MHAS data shows that, after accounting for both individual and time fixed effects, parents need for LTC 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 among women ages 5064 who remain employed (by 7.03%). This finding has important implications for gender equality. Also, in a region that is aging faster than any other in the world, social trends (e.g., smaller households with fewer children) make this provision of LTC within the home unsustainable, increasing the need for public policy action.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002738
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Working-Less-to-Take-Care-of-Parents-Labor-Market-Effects-of-Family-Long-Term-Care-in-Latin-America.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Trabajar-menos-para-cuidar-de-los-padres-Los-efectos-laborales-de-la-atencion-a-la-dependencia-en-el-hogar-en-America-Latina.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectGender Equality
dc.subjectLong-term Care
dc.subjectFemale Employment
dc.subjectLabor Demand
dc.subjectFemale Labor Force
dc.subjectLabor Force
dc.subjectElderly
dc.subjectLabor Supply
dc.subjectPopulation Aging
dc.subject.jelcodeJ16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
dc.subject.jelcodeJ22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
dc.subject.jelcodeJ14 - Economics of the Elderly • Economics of the Handicapped • Non-Labor Market Discrimination
dc.subject.jelcodeJ18 - Public Policy
dc.subject.keywordsMexico;Colombia;Chile;Costa Rica;Female labor supply;LatinAmerica;Long-Term Care (LTC);elderly care;caredependence;time-use surveys;Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS)
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01105
idb.operationRG-E1656
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