J 2015

Full-time versus part-time employment: Does it influence frequency of grandparental childcare?

LAKOMÝ, Martin a Martin KREIDL

Základní údaje

Originální název

Full-time versus part-time employment: Does it influence frequency of grandparental childcare?

Autoři

LAKOMÝ, Martin (203 Česká republika, domácí) a Martin KREIDL (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

European Journal of Ageing, 2015, 1613-9372

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50000 5. Social Sciences

Stát vydavatele

Německo

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.470

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/15:00080965

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

UT WoS

000363968800005

Klíčová slova česky

grandparents; childcare; part-time employment; intergenerational solidarity

Klíčová slova anglicky

prarodiče; péče o vnoučata; práce na částečný úvazek; mezigenerační solidarita

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 28. 4. 2016 15:07, Ing. Alena Raisová

Anotace

V originále

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.

Návaznosti

GA13-34958S, projekt VaV
Název: Přetížená role: prarodiče v době aktivního stárnutí
Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Přetížená role: prarodiče v době aktivního stárnutí.

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