Caregiving and Labor Supply: New Evidence from Administrative Data

Nicole Maestas, Matt Messel and Yulya Truskinovsky

No 31450, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: A significant share of the rapidly growing demand for long-term care is met by family members, many of whom also work, and family caregiving has been shown to affect labor market outcomes. We use survey responses about family caregiving roles linked to administrative earnings records to estimate the employment trajectories of family caregivers over a 25 year period around the reported start of a caregiving episode. These trajectories vary significantly by gender. Relative to a matched comparison group, caregiving precipitates a drop in both earnings and employment for women, while men only enter caregiving after experiencing significant labor supply disruptions.

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Date: 2023-07
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Published as Nicole Maestas & Matt Messel & Yulya Truskinovsky, 2024. "Caregiving and Labor Supply: New Evidence from Administrative Data," Journal of Labor Economics, vol 42(S1), pages S183-S218.

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