Arbeitspapier

Patrilocal Residence and Female Labour Supply

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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 10890

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
Thema
family structure
co-residence
labour supply
patrilocality
Kyrgyzstan

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Landmann, Andreas
Seitz, Helke
Steiner, Susan
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2017

Handle
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20.09.2024, 08:21 MESZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Landmann, Andreas
  • Seitz, Helke
  • Steiner, Susan
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2017

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