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
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 10890
- 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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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2017
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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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