Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282684 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16557
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper compares the labor market impact of grandparents before and after the arrival of the first grandchild. We show that grandmothers' labor market outcomes decline more steeply than grandfathers' after the first grandchild's arrival, leading to a 4-10 percent gender earnings gap 5-10 years later. The child penalty is shifted across generations to grandmothers with low education, but daycare availability only affects child penalties. Gender biases towards older women's work are a contributing factor to the disparity in earnings between grandmothers and grandfathers after the arrival of the first grandchild.
Subjects: 
grandchildren
female labor supply
gender
inequality
retirement
JEL: 
J13
J14
J16
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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