Health of Elderly Parents, their Children's Labor Supply, and the Role of Migrant Care Workers

Speaker
Martin Halla
Date
Tuesday 16 Mar 2021, 12:00 - 13:00
Type
Seminar
Location

Zoom

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We estimate the impact of parental health on adult children's labor market outcomes. We focus on health shocks which increase care dependency abruptly.

Abstract

Our estimation strategy exploits the variation in the timing of shocks across treated families. Empirical results based on Austrian administrative data show a significant negative impact on labor market activities of children. This effect is more pronounced for daughters and for children who live close to their parents. Further analyses suggest informal caregiving as the most likely mechanism. The effect is muted after a liberalization of the formal care market, which sharply increased the supply of foreign care workers.

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  • Meeting ID: 953 6621 1155
  • Passcode: 510172
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