The conflict between work and inter-generational care among
grandparents

k 2014

The conflict between work and inter-generational care among grandparents

LAKOMÝ, Martin and Martin KREIDL

Basic information

Original name

The conflict between work and inter-generational care among grandparents

Authors

LAKOMÝ, Martin and Martin KREIDL

Edition

konference "Ageing, Anti-Ageing and Ageism", Midterm conference RN01, European Sociological Association, Klagenfurt, 18-20 September 2014, 2014

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

50000 5. Social Sciences

Country of publisher

Austria

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords in English

older adults, employment, grandparental care, panel analysis, SHARE

Abstract

V originále

Policies supporting longer working careers may have several unintended consequences and may, for instance, negatively impact fertility and employment in the younger generations. Many parents seek grandparental help with childcare, which may be less often available if grandparents increase their labor market participation. In our previous paper, we find out negative effect of employment on the intensity of intergenerational caregiving, not on provision of any care. This effect, however, is observed among grandmothers only and only exists when grandmothers work full-time. But our previous findings are limited by the cross-sectional nature of our analysis. Can we claim that higher availability of part-time jobs for grandparents will lead to conflict reduction? Real causality can be investigated only in longitudinal analysis. Here, we analyze change of employment status and provision of grandparental care in time. We use the same data from SHARE project, but we focus on changes between waves. Preliminary findings indicate stronger effect of employment for grandmothers, but this effect seems to be more complicated and not negative under every circumstances.

Links

GA13-34958S, research and development project

Name: Přetížená role: prarodiče v době aktivního stárnutí

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

LAKOMÝ, Martin and Martin KREIDL. The conflict between work and inter-generational care among grandparents. In konference "Ageing, Anti-Ageing and Ageism", Midterm conference RN01, European Sociological Association, Klagenfurt, 18-20 September 2014. 2014.

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LAKOMÝ, Martin and Martin KREIDL. The conflict between work and inter-generational care among grandparents. In \textit{konference ''Ageing, Anti-Ageing and Ageism'', Midterm conference RN01, European Sociological Association, Klagenfurt, 18-20 September 2014}. 2014.

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