The Family Peer Effect on Mothers' Labor Supply

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Nicoletti, Cheti; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Tominey, Emma
• 署名单位: University of York - UK; University of Essex; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Norwegian School of Economics (NHH); Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; University of York - UK
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7782
• DOI: 10.1257/app.20160195
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 206-234
• 关键词: child-care; maternal employment; identification; models; time; achievement; education; outcomes; choices; LEAVE

摘要

The historical rise in female labor force participation has flattened in recent decades, but the proportion of mothers working full time has increased. We provide the first empirical evidence that the increase in mothers' working hours is amplified through the influence of family peers. For identification, we exploit partially overlapping peer groups. Using Norwegian administrative data, we find positive and statistically significant family peer effects, but only on the intensive margin of women's labor supply. These are in part driven by concerns about time allocation from early childhood and concerns about earnings from age five.