RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Lifting the Burden: Formal Care of the Elderly and Labor Supply of Adult Children
JF Journal of Human Resources
JO J Hum Resour
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 0614-6447R1
DO 10.3368/jhr.52.1.0614-6447R1
A1 Katrine V. Løken
A1 Shelly Lundberg
A1 Julie Riise
YR 2016
UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2016/05/02/jhr.52.1.0614-6447R1.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.