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Childcare, Eldercare, and Labor Force Participation of Married Women in Urban China, 1982–2000

Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Rachel Connelly, Lan Chen and Lixin Tang
Journal of Human Resources, March 2011, 46 (2) 261-294; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.46.2.261
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We employ Chinese population census data to consider married, urban women’s labor force participation decisions in the context of their families. We find that the presence in the household of a parent, parent-in-law, or person aged 75 or older increases prime-age women’s likelihood of participating in market work. The presence of preschool-aged children decreases it. The negative effect on women’s labor force participation of having young children in the household is substantially larger for married, rural-to-urban migrants than for their nonmigrant counterparts. Similarly, the positive effect of coresidence with elders is larger for rural-to-urban migrant women than for nonmigrants.

  • Received May 2009.
  • Accepted January 2010.

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Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Rachel Connelly, Lan Chen, Lixin Tang
Journal of Human Resources Mar 2011, 46 (2) 261-294; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.46.2.261

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Childcare, Eldercare, and Labor Force Participation of Married Women in Urban China, 1982–2000
Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Rachel Connelly, Lan Chen, Lixin Tang
Journal of Human Resources Mar 2011, 46 (2) 261-294; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.46.2.261
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