Informal care and labor supply

Arbeitspapier

Based on Norwegian register data we show that having a lone parent in the terminal phase of life significantly affects the offspring's labor market activity. The employment propensity declines by around 1 percentage point among sons and 2 percentage points among daughters during the years just prior to the parent's death, ceteris paribus. Long-term sickness absence increases sharply. The probability of being a long-term social security claimant (defined as being a claimant for at least three months during a year) rises with as much as 4 percentage points for sons and 2 percentage points for daughters. After the parent's demise, earnings tend to rise for those still in employment while the employment propensity continues to decline. The higher rate of social security dependency persists for several years.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3717

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-labor Market Discrimination
• Subject: Elderly care ; labor supply ; ageing ; inheritance ; Familienpflege ; Arbeitsangebot ; Sozialhilfeempfänger ; Erbe ; Norwegen

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Fevang, Elisabeth ; Kverndokk, Snorre ; Røed, Knut
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2008

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35144
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-20081014161
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET