Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35447 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3983
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Parents in the labor force have balance their work and home life, including the choice of the type of care to provide for their children while they work. In this paper we study the connection between the married women's labor force participation, child care arrangements and the time that husbands and wives spent to take care of children in Mediterranean countries. As more women now are in the labor force the interest in the use child care and housework of husband have grown. We use the new database from the EU-SILC (European Survey on Income and Living Conditions) in 2006 and data from the ECHP (European Community Household Panel)in 2001, because these two data-set give us different information about child care and housework. The traditional role of mothers in child care activities is highly valued by many families, especially in Southern European countries. The results show that while Mediterranean countries have advanced in the incorporation of women into the labor market, most of them still have to assume total responsibility for housework and the care of the children. Child care arrangements is an important instrument for women to enter in paid employment.
Subjects: 
Unpaid work
child care arrangements
labor supply
JEL: 
J13
J21
C1
C3
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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