Working and Caring: The Simultaneous Decision of Labor Force Participation and Informal Elderly and Child Support Activities in Mexico

We analyze factors determining women’s decisions to participate in the labor market and provide elderly care and nonfinancial support to their (grand)children. We use data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study, a survey of people aged 50 and over, applying a three-equation, reducedform SUR model....

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Autores:
van Gameren, Edwin
Velandia Naranjo, Durfari
Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2015
Institución:
Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito
Repositorio:
Repositorio Institucional ECI
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.escuelaing.edu.co:001/1555
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.escuelaing.edu.co/handle/001/1555
https://scielo.conicyt.cl/pdf/laje/v52n2/art01.pdf
Palabra clave:
Mujeres - Mercado laboral - México
Niños y ancianos - México
Encuestas ocupacionales - México
Women - Labor market - Mexico
Children and older people - Mexico
Occupational surveys - Mexico
Labor force participation
Elderly care
Care for (grand)children
Multigenerational households
Seemingly unrelated regression model
Rights
openAccess
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/