Women as Caregivers: Full-time Schools and Grandmothers’ Labor Supply

Francisco Cabrera-Herández () and María Padilla-Romo ()
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Francisco Cabrera-Herández: Universidad de Monterrey and Center for Institutional Studies
María Padilla-Romo: Department of Economics, University of Tennessee, https://sites.google.com/site/mariaspadillaromo/
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Francisco Cabrera-Hernandez

No 2021-03, Working Papers from University of Tennessee, Department of Economics

Abstract: Caregiving responsibilities and the lack of family-friendly policies often prevent women from participating in the labor market. This study analyzes the effects of an implicit childcare subsidy—through longer school days—on the labor supply of grandmothers in the context of Mexico’s full-time schools program. Since 2007, this program has gradually increased the school day’s length by three-and-a-half hours in public elementary schools. We document how the availability of full-time schools in a municipality affects grandmothers’ decisions to participate in the labor market. These effects are estimated by using data collected through a rotating panel design and within-individual variation in full-time schools’ availability. Childcare subsidies through longer school days increase grandmothers’ labor force participation and employment, especially in the informal market.

Keywords: Childcare; Full-time Schools; Childrearing; Grandmothers; Labor Supply (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J16 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2021-11
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