Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282742 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16615
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We revisit the universality of the "caregiving daughter effect", which holds that daughters tend to provide more care to their older parents than sons. Based on rich European data, we document evidence of such an effect in countries with large gender disparities in employment rates, where having daughters also depresses the demand for formal care. In contrast, we find evidence consistent with the "demise of the caregiving daughter" when exposed to narrower gender gaps, where there is no more daughters' effect on formal care. These results point to a reconsideration of caregiving system design amidst the rise of female employment.
Subjects: 
informal care
formal care
daughters
caregiving daughter effect
gender employment gap
Europe
care substitution
social norms
JEL: 
I18
J14
J3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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