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@article{1308830,
author = {Lakomý, Martin and Kreidl, Martin},
article_number = {4},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10433-015-0349-9},
keywords = {prarodiče; péče o vnoučata; práce na částečný úvazek; mezigenerační solidarita},
language = {eng},
issn = {1613-9372},
journal = {European Journal of Ageing},
title = {Full-time versus part-time employment: Does it influence frequency of grandparental childcare?},
url = {http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10433-015-0349-9},
volume = {12},
year = {2015}
}
TY - JOUR
ID - 1308830
AU - Lakomý, Martin - Kreidl, Martin
PY - 2015
TI - Full-time versus part-time employment: Does it influence frequency of grandparental childcare?
JF - European Journal of Ageing
VL - 12
IS - 4
SP - 321-331
EP - 321-331
SN - 16139372
KW - prarodiče
KW - péče o vnoučata
KW - práce na částečný úvazek
KW - mezigenerační solidarita
UR - http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10433-015-0349-9
L2 - http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10433-015-0349-9
N2 - The impact of grandparents’ employment on grandparental childcare has been examined repeatedly, but the findings have so far been inconsistent. We contend that these inconsistencies may have resulted from variations in model specification and crude measurement of employment status. Furthermore, we assert that earlier research overlooked gender differences in the ability to combine paid employment and caregiving as well as variations between maternal and paternal grandparents. We also question the causal interpretation of earlier findings that were based on cross-sectional data. We revisit the issue of the impact of the intensity of employment and analyze SHARE data from 19 countries. We find a significant positive association between part-time employment (as compared to full-time employment) and the frequency of grandparental childcare in a cross-sectional sample, but only among paternal grandmothers. Capitalizing on the panel component of SHARE, we use a within-person estimator to show that this association is unlikely to reflect a causal effect of the intensity of labor market attachment on the frequency of the care of grandchildren, but more probably results from omitted variable bias. We argue that grandparents most likely to provide (intensive) childcare are also most likely to adjust their employment in anticipation of caregiving. The paper documents the usefulness of role strain theory among grandparents and highlights that part-time jobs may reduce role conflict and may thus make grandparenting a more easily manageable experience.
ER -
LAKOMÝ, Martin and Martin KREIDL. Full-time versus part-time employment: Does it influence frequency of grandparental childcare? \textit{European Journal of Ageing}. 2015, vol.~12, No~4, p.~321-331. ISSN~1613-9372. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10433-015-0349-9.
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