Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/34396 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 2726
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper adopts a psycho-economic approach, based on the Demonstration Effect hypothesis, to analyze the effects that the presence of children has on the time devoted to elder care. We combine the approach of the Social Cognitive Theory and a three-generation altruism model. Using the 2003 Spanish Time Use Survey (STUS), we confirm the Demonstration Effect, i.e, the presence of children, while parents are engaged in elder care activities, increases by 11.63% the time devoted to these activities. Additionally, we find that time devoted to child care as primary activity increases by 11.19 minutes per day when children are present during adult care activities.
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Working Paper

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