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Grandmothers’ Labor Supply

Wolfgang Frimmel, Martin Halla, Bernhard Schmidpeter and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
Published online before print August 13, 2020, 0419-10144R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.1.0419-10144R1
Wolfgang Frimmel
Wolfgang Frimmel is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market. Martin Halla (corresponding author: ) is Full Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market, the Institute for the Study of Labor IZA, Bonn, and the Austrian Public Health Institute GÖG, Vienna. Bernhard Schmidpeter is Researcher the RWI, Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Essen. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market and the Labor Market, the Institute for the Study of Labor IZA, Bonn. Rudolf Winter-Ebmer is Full Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market, the Institute for the Study of Labor IZA, Bonn, the Institute for Advanced Studies IHS, Vienna, and the Centre for Economic Policy Research CEPR in London.
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Wolfgang Frimmel is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market. Martin Halla (corresponding author: ) is Full Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market, the Institute for the Study of Labor IZA, Bonn, and the Austrian Public Health Institute GÖG, Vienna. Bernhard Schmidpeter is Researcher the RWI, Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Essen. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market and the Labor Market, the Institute for the Study of Labor IZA, Bonn. Rudolf Winter-Ebmer is Full Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market, the Institute for the Study of Labor IZA, Bonn, the Institute for Advanced Studies IHS, Vienna, and the Centre for Economic Policy Research CEPR in London.
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Wolfgang Frimmel is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market. Martin Halla (corresponding author: ) is Full Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market, the Institute for the Study of Labor IZA, Bonn, and the Austrian Public Health Institute GÖG, Vienna. Bernhard Schmidpeter is Researcher the RWI, Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Essen. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market and the Labor Market, the Institute for the Study of Labor IZA, Bonn. Rudolf Winter-Ebmer is Full Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market, the Institute for the Study of Labor IZA, Bonn, the Institute for Advanced Studies IHS, Vienna, and the Centre for Economic Policy Research CEPR in London.
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Wolfgang Frimmel is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market. Martin Halla (corresponding author: ) is Full Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market, the Institute for the Study of Labor IZA, Bonn, and the Austrian Public Health Institute GÖG, Vienna. Bernhard Schmidpeter is Researcher the RWI, Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Essen. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market and the Labor Market, the Institute for the Study of Labor IZA, Bonn. Rudolf Winter-Ebmer is Full Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market, the Institute for the Study of Labor IZA, Bonn, the Institute for Advanced Studies IHS, Vienna, and the Centre for Economic Policy Research CEPR in London.
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0419-10144R1
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https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.1.0419-10144R1
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  4. Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
  1. Wolfgang Frimmel is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market. Martin Halla (corresponding author: martin.halla{at}jku.at) is Full Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market, the Institute for the Study of Labor IZA, Bonn, and the Austrian Public Health Institute GÖG, Vienna. Bernhard Schmidpeter is Researcher the RWI, Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Essen. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market and the Labor Market, the Institute for the Study of Labor IZA, Bonn. Rudolf Winter-Ebmer is Full Professor of Economics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz. He is also affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory Aging, Health and the Labor Market, the Institute for the Study of Labor IZA, Bonn, the Institute for Advanced Studies IHS, Vienna, and the Centre for Economic Policy Research CEPR in London.

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