PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Løken, Katrine V. AU - Lundberg, Shelly AU - Riise, Julie TI - Lifting the Burden: Formal Care of the Elderly and Labor Supply of Adult Children AID - 10.3368/jhr.52.1.0614-6447R1 DP - 2016 May 05 TA - Journal of Human Resources PG - 0614-6447R1 4099 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2016/05/02/jhr.52.1.0614-6447R1.short 4100 - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2016/05/02/jhr.52.1.0614-6447R1.full 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.