We study the impact of grandparental retirement decisions on family members' labor supply and child outcomes by exploiting a Dutch pension reform in a fuzzy Regression Discontinuity design. A one-hour increase in grandmothers' hours worked causes adult daughters with young children to work half an hour less. Daughters without children, with older children and sons/daughters-in-law are not affected. We show important long-run impacts on maternal labor supply and on the child penalty. Test score effects are positive for children aged 4-7 (substitution from grandparental to maternal care), and negative for children aged 11-12 (substitution from grandparental to formal childcare).
Kaufmann, K. M., Özdemir, Y., & Ye, H. (2022). Spillover Effects of Old-Age Pension across Generations: Family Labor Supply and Child Outcomes. IZA Discussion Paper, 15388.
Chicago
Katja Maria Kaufmann, Yasemin Özdemir, and Han Ye. "Spillover Effects of Old-Age Pension across Generations: Family Labor Supply and Child Outcomes." IZA Discussion Paper, No. 15388 (2022).
Harvard
Kaufmann, K. M., Özdemir, Y., and Ye, H., 2022. Spillover Effects of Old-Age Pension across Generations: Family Labor Supply and Child Outcomes. IZA Discussion Paper, 15388.
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