TY - JOUR T1 - Childcare, Eldercare, and Labor Force Participation of Married Women in Urban China, 1982–2000 JF - Journal of Human Resources JO - J Hum Resour SP - 261 LP - 294 DO - 10.3368/jhr.46.2.261 VL - 46 IS - 2 AU - Margaret Maurer-Fazio AU - Rachel Connelly AU - Lan Chen AU - Lixin Tang Y1 - 2011/03/31 UR - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/46/2/261.abstract N2 - 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. ER -