Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association (대한가정학회지)

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Intergenerational Time Transfers between Married Women and their Co-residing Elderly Parents and their Impact on Married Women's Labor Force Participation

노부모와 동거하는 기혼여성자녀의 시장노동 참여 및 참여 시간 결정 요인 : 기혼여성자녀와 노부모와의 시간자원 이전을 중심으로

  • Han, Ji-Sue (Department of Consumer Sciences, The Ohio State University) ;
  • Hong, Gong-Soog (Department of Consumer Sciences, The Ohio State University)
  • 한지수 (오하이오주립대학교 소비자학과) ;
  • 홍공숙 (오하이오주립대학교 소비자학과)
  • Published : 2007.07.30
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Abstract

This paper examines the intergenerational time transfers between married women and their co-residing elderly parents, and how they affect married women's labor force participation and work hour. The sample was drawn from the "2004 Time Use Survey" conducted by Korea National Statistical Office and the Heckman's 2-step model was estimated to examine these relationships. We find that women's caregiving time for their elderly parents reduces their likelihood of participating in the labor force. On the contrary, parental time transfers for married women increases the probability of their labor force participation. We find no evidence that the actual hours of paid work is related to the time transfers between married women and their elderly parents. In other words, after married women decide to participate in the labor force, their work hours are not affected by the time spent for parents and time gained from parents to them. Parental income is positively associated with the married women's labor force participation whereas husband's income is negatively related. The married women working in service occupation and earn salaries work longer hours than those employed as laborer and wage workers. Having older parents and owning the second home reduce working hours of married women.

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