Gender Inequalities in Labor Market Outcomes of Informal Caregivers near Retirement Age in Urban China
利用2011年中国健康与养老追踪调查数据，研究发现照顾孙辈会降低城市临近退休男女的劳动参与率，且女性照料者的有偿劳动时间显著减少，但照料老人对劳动时间无显著影响。
This study examines the impacts of unpaid family care on labor supply and earnings of women and men near retirement age in urban China. Using the 2011 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) and ordinary least squares (OLS) and instrumental variable approaches, it finds that grandchild care is negatively associated with both women's and men's labor force participation, while there are no effects for eldercare. For women caregivers, caring for grandchildren substantially lowers paid labor hours compared to noncaregivers. No significant relationships are found between eldercare and paid labor hours of women workers. For men workers, neither grandchild care nor eldercare is significantly associated with labor hours. The study also finds no statistically significant relationships between grandchild care and labor earnings for either women or men. Eldercare, however, is positively associated with the earnings of men workers.