Family Care or Work? Impact of Family Elderly Care on the Propensity to Work

Dan Li and Xi Chen
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Dan Li: Sichuan University
Xi Chen: Sichuan University

Chapter Chapter 6 in Ageing in China, 2023, pp 91-106 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In a rapidly ageing society, the demand for family care is increasing. Understanding the relationship between family elderly care and the propensity to work can help us to understand what motivates individuals’ choices for family care and work. Based on the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), this study analyses the influence of family elderly care on the propensity to work. While no statistically significant correlation was detected between caring for elderly and the propensity to work, we found that providing elderly care significantly reduced the probability of the propensity to work after ruling out the endogeneity of elderly care with IV model. And health partially mediated the overall association between elderly care and the propensity to work. This study sheds some light on the complexity surrounding family care and the propensity to work in China.

Keywords: Family elderly care; Propensity to work; Employment; Health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-9681-8_6

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