THE OPPORTUNITY COSTS OF ELDER CARE

Authors
Citation
Sl. Ettner, THE OPPORTUNITY COSTS OF ELDER CARE, The Journal of human resources, 31(1), 1996, pp. 189-205
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Economics,"Industrial Relations & Labor
ISSN journal
0022166X
Volume
31
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
189 - 205
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-166X(1996)31:1<189:TOCOEC>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
This study uses data from the 1987 National Survey of Families and Hou seholds to estimate the impact of caring for disabled elderly parents on the work hours of men and women. instrumental variable techniques w ere used to correct for possible endogeneity bias. Work hours were con sistently reduced by caregiving, although the effect was significant o nly for women providing care to parents residing outside the household . The magnitude of the caregiving effect was larger for women than for men and for coresidence than for non-coresidential care.