RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Lifting the Burden JF Journal of Human Resources JO J Hum Resour FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 247 OP 271 DO 10.3368/jhr.52.1.0614-6447R1 VO 52 IS 1 A1 Løken, Katrine V. A1 Lundberg, Shelly A1 Riise, Julie YR 2017 UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/52/1/247.abstract AB We use a reform in the federal funding of care for the elderly in Norway to examine the effects of formal care expansion on the labor supply decisions of middle-aged children. We find a consistent and significant negative impact of formal care expansion on insured work absences for the adult daughters of single elderly parents. This effect is particularly strong for daughters with no siblings, who are also more likely to exceed earnings thresholds after the reform. We find no impacts of the reform on daughters’ mobility or parental health, and no effects on adult sons.