TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Landmann, Andreas
AU  - Seitz, Helke
AU  - Steiner, Susan
        TI  - Patrilocal Residence and Female Labour Supply
        PY  - 2017/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 10890
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp10890
        AB  - We examine the role of intergenerational co-residence for female labour supply in a patrilocal society. To account for the endogeneity of women's co-residence with parents or in-laws, we exploit a tradition in Central Asia, namely that the youngest son of a family usually lives with his parents. Using data from Kyrgyzstan, we therefore instrument co-residence with being married to a youngest son. We find the effect of co-residence on female labour supply to be negative and insignificant. 
This is in contrast to the previous literature, which found substantial positive effects in less patrilocal settings. Women who co-reside in Kyrgyzstan have more children, spend similar time on housekeeping tasks and child care, and invest more time in elder care compared with women who do not co-reside. These mechanisms appear to be inherently different from those in less patrilocal settings where co-residing parents relieve the women from household chores. 
        KW  - patrilocality
KW  - labour supply
KW  - co-residence
KW  - family structure
KW  - Kyrgyzstan
        ER  -