TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Wang, Ying
AU  - Marcotte, Dave E.
        TI  - Golden Years? The Labor Market Effects of Caring for Grandchildren
        PY  - 2007/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 2629
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp2629
        AB  - The number of Americans raising grandchildren has been rising steadily. In this paper, we add to what is known about the implications of this trend by focusing on the economic effects of raising a grandchild. We make use of a unique data set compiled from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics along with its Parent Identification File. Using this nationally representative sample of 3,240 grandparents who are heads of households, we estimate the effect of taking in a grandchild on a grandparent’s labor force participation and hours worked. We estimate ordinary and two-stage models that distinguishing between grandparents living only with grandchildren (skipped generation families) and those who also have taken in their own children (three-generation families). The results suggest that caring for grandchildren leads to greater attachment to the labor force, especially in skipped-generation families, for grandfathers, and among married grandparents.
        KW  - grandparents
KW  - child care
KW  - labor force participation
KW  - work hours
KW  - retirement
        ER  -