Università della Svizzera italiana

With strings attached : grandparent-provided child care, fertility, and female labor market outcomes

Garcia-Moran, Eva ; Kuehn, Zoe

Grandparents are regular providers of free child care. Similar to any other form of child care, availability of grandparent-provided child care affects fertility and labor market decisions of women positively. We find that women in Germany, residing close to parents or in-laws are more likely to have children and that as mothers they are more likely to hold a regular part-or fulltime job....