Grandchild Care, Intergenerational Transfers, and Grandparents’ Labor Supply

Christine Ho ()
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Christine Ho: Singapore Management University

No 06-2013, Working Papers from Singapore Management University, School of Economics

Abstract: One-fifth of children aged below five with employed mothers benefit from grandparent provided child care as their main source of daycare in the U.S. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, we investigate how grandchild care needs relate to intergenerational transfers of time and money and grandparents’ labor supply behavior. We find that grandparents with a new born grandchild are more likely to provide grandchild care while married grandparents are also more likely to be employed and provide financial help. Grandparents with grandchildren living close by provided higher time transfers while married grandmothers with resident grandchildren also worked longer hours.

Keywords: Grandchild care; Intergenerational Transfers; Grandparents’ Labor Supply (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 J13 J14 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-09
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