Arbeitspapier
Patrilocal residence and female labour supply
Many people around the world live in patrilocal societies. Patrilocality prescribes that women move in with their husbands' parents, relieve their in-laws from housework, and care for them in old age. This arrangement is likely to have labour market consequences, in particular for the women. We study the effect of co-residence on female labour supply in Kyrgyzstan, a strongly patrilocal setting. We account for the endogeneity of co-residence by exploiting the tradition that youngest sons usually live with their parents. In both OLS and IV estimations, the effect of co-residence on female labour supply is negative and insignificant. This is in contrast to previous studies, which found positive effects in less patrilocal settings. We go beyond earlier work by investigating effect channels. In Kyrgyzstan, co-residing women invest more time in elder care than women who do not co-reside and they do not receive parental support in child care or housework.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: DIW Discussion Papers ; No. 1705
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
- Thema
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Family Structure
Co-residence
Labour Supply
Patrilocality
Kyrgyzstan
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Landmann, Andreas
Seitz, Helke
Steiner, Susan
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
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Berlin
- (wann)
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2017
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:23 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Landmann, Andreas
- Seitz, Helke
- Steiner, Susan
- Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
Entstanden
- 2017