Grandparenting and childbearing in the extended family

Arnstein Aassve, Elena Meroni and Chiara Pronzato
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Chiara Daniela Pronzato and Elena Claudia Meroni ()

No 38, Working Papers from "Carlo F. Dondena" Centre for Research on Social Dynamics (DONDENA), Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Abstract: The paper analyses the impact of grandparenting on individualsí fertility behaviour using longitudinal data from eleven European countries. In particular, we focus on how siblings may share and compete for grandparentsí time in terms of childcare. By considering different family scenarios, we show that availability of grandparenting play an important role in individualsí decision making for having children. Grandparenting is particularly important in the South of Europe where public childcare is limited and here we see a large impact of grandparenting on fertility.

Keywords: fertility; grandparents; SHARE; extended family (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2011-02
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-age, nep-cis and nep-eur
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